The Jesus Mafa series of paintings date back to the early 1970s and were produced by artists commissioned French Roman Catholic missionaries using photos of indigenous people enacting scenes from the stories of Jesus.  Nowadays they are sometimes criticised for being essentially white colonial images modelled by black people - but that seems a little harsh to me, they reflect the time in which they were made and were valued by the people who received them, included with Bibles in their own language.

The magi are likened to the wise ones or healers of local, African culture, so this scene is much-loved and creates much interest for the people it was painted for.