CHIMANDA - AFRICA ART Some of the early Christian missionaries across the African continent were very keen on destroying African art, carved by poulain vole published on 2021-12-30T09:55:04Z Other sculptures and carvings are more metaphorical, they speak to the dignity of the people, to their worldview and to their aspirations. Some of the early Christian missionaries across the African continent were very keen on destroying African art, carved African deities which they told the Africans, were just magic. I cannot help but wonder what could be more magical than the story of a man who dies and then magically rises again; a man who also manages to magically give his body as bread, and I say this by the way, as a newly returned Roman Catholic.