divinum-pacis:Martha and Mary, 1973, Cameroon - Jesus Mafa. From Vanderbilt Divinity Library.In the
divinum-pacis:Martha and Mary, 1973, Cameroon - Jesus Mafa. From Vanderbilt Divinity Library.In the 1970s, the French Catholic priest François Vidil collaborated with the Mafa community to create a series of artwork known as Vie de Jesus Mafa (Life of Jesus Mafa, or simply Jesus Mafa), which depicts various events in the life of Jesus using Black depictions rather than White. These images were actually depictions of real-world recreations of biblical scenes by Mafa people, and have since become popular worldwide, and perhaps especially among African Americans, as an inculturated form of Catholic iconography. -- source link