OUR COLLECTION — AFRICA — LIBERIA 448. BULLET NATIVITY
This Nativity set is made from brass AK-47 bullet casings. Each casing is cut open and pounded flat, designed, then cleaned with solvents and polished with sand. The Nativity was created by a young man named Calvin Fayiah in Monrovia, Liberia. The set includes 11 pieces: Joseph, Mary, baby Jesus in manger, an angel, a shepherd with a lamb around his shoulders, two sheep, three wise men, and one camel. The figures measure 2 inches tall.
The bullet casings used in this Nativity have a dramatic story. The casings were collected from streets and villages throughout Liberia as a leftover remnant of the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars (1989–2003). The second war between three rival groups caused the death of 150,000 Liberians and the displacement of hundreds of thousands more. Click here to read more about the war on Wikipedia. Click here to see a photo of bullet casings littered on a Liberian bridge during the conflict; the sobering scene of bullet casings discharged everywhere was a common site throughout Liberia for many years after the war ended.
In addition to our admiration for the historical significance of these bullet casings, we admire the important symbolism of Peace where stark tokens of violence are converted into a peaceful representation of Jesus’ birth, which is the crowning definition of Peace in human history.
Calvin uses the income from his bullet Nativity to put himself through a criminal justice program as a first step into a law career in Liberia.
All profits from the purchase of this Nativity go to a nonprofit charity called Africa Heartwood Project. Their website is
www.africaheartwoodproject.org. This charity will use 100% of donated funds for the support of 28 orphaned Liberian refugee children living in Ghana.
The bullet casings used in this Nativity have a dramatic story. The casings were collected from streets and villages throughout Liberia as a leftover remnant of the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars (1989–2003). The second war between three rival groups caused the death of 150,000 Liberians and the displacement of hundreds of thousands more. Click here to read more about the war on Wikipedia. Click here to see a photo of bullet casings littered on a Liberian bridge during the conflict; the sobering scene of bullet casings discharged everywhere was a common site throughout Liberia for many years after the war ended.
In addition to our admiration for the historical significance of these bullet casings, we admire the important symbolism of Peace where stark tokens of violence are converted into a peaceful representation of Jesus’ birth, which is the crowning definition of Peace in human history.
Calvin uses the income from his bullet Nativity to put himself through a criminal justice program as a first step into a law career in Liberia.
All profits from the purchase of this Nativity go to a nonprofit charity called Africa Heartwood Project. Their website is
www.africaheartwoodproject.org. This charity will use 100% of donated funds for the support of 28 orphaned Liberian refugee children living in Ghana.