L'aventure de Massa en pays Senufo

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Notes: Members of the Massa religious cult, originating in Mali, assaulted the Ivorien Senufo village of Tawara in 1950, "persuading" its inhabitants to abandon their idols and fetishes. A witness to what followed this successful religious indoctrination and conversion was Father Convers, a Catholic priest who was personally responsible for "rescuing" many of the Senufo sculptures due for destruction. Several ended up in the Abidjan museum; others, in the Rietberg Museum, Zürich, and in other European collections.; Interview by Bertrand Goy.

Author: Convers, Michel; Goy, Bertrand; Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI
Subject: Convers, Michel; Massa (Cult)