A survey of Chewa people’s paintings in rock shelters found in the Dedza-Chongoni Hills of Malawi which take two distinct forms – 1) white paintings (chinamwali) which depict people and zoomorphic subjects, some of which are connected with present-day cultural traditions, and 2) red paintings (nyau), whose designs are more abstract and whose meaning and associations are lost or open to conjecture.  Includes b&w photographs of forty-four examples, a location map, a site list (with grid references), an appendix on dating, and a bibliography.  Paperback.  52 pages.  Small gift inscription to title page, otherwise good clean condition.  Scarce.   Cat No N125