Description
A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of the spirit figure sculptures which emerged all over colonial times a few of the Makonde other people of Mozambique.
The creation of such works is shown to connect to a regional system of knowledge and practice, within which spirits serve as as a format for expression. The book describes the ways wherein the sculpture emerged, in addition to the writer’s enjoy of learning easy methods to carve.