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Jibu Sani – Altar (Life & Death)
Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish This remarkable altar must count among Jibu Sani’s masterpieces. God is depicted as lightning, containing within Himself the cycle of human life and death. The contrast between God’s power without (the body of the altar) and human weakness within is striking. We see Man’s descent from sky…
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Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish Here we illustrate a simpler piece – by an artist whose acquaintance with Claude Boucher goes back to the earliest days of Kungoni Centre. Jibu Sani came from Zomba to become one of its first established artists and he taught his art to his large family, which…
Read MoreThomas Mpira – Lectern (Holy Trinity)
Malawi – Dedza Diocese – Mua Parish – Parish Church This is the first example (in this collection) of a number of intricately carved wooden lecterns by the artists of Kungoni Centre that have found their way to churches around the world. Here Thomas Mpira reflects on the creative power of the Holy Trinity…
Read MoreIsmael Mulera – Mother & Child
Malawi – Dedza Diocese – Mua Parish – Parish Church It is appropriate that an image of Mother & Child should stand at the front of the church on the side where the women sit. At Mary’s feet rests a mtondo: the mortar for pounding maize, which represents the life of the household. It…
Read MoreMwadza Maleka – Nativity
Malawi – Dedza Diocese – Mua Parish – Parish Church We will enter the church tomorrow… However, as today is the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, we will celebrate by introducing the first of many Kungoni Nativities. This is an early attempt, which was made for the parish by Mwadza Maleka and…
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