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This is a comprehensive study of the role of art in the process of inculturation in Africa. The dialogue of images between African and biblical symbols enriches the debate on contextualisation with unique forms of authentic Christian expression, faithful to the African and Christian tradition. During the past twenty years, one art centre has been truly outstanding in its local African and Christian identity and its development of new ways to express it: the KuNgoni Art Craft Centre in Malawi. In paintings, carvings and colourful liturgical celebrations the centres artists have discovered and developed a unique mode of expression which is both African and Christian. The objectives of the study are to be the first systematic theology constructed in and from Malawi; to establish a theology of symbolic expression in Africa; and to serve as a substantial contribution toward a theology of inculcation in Africa.