Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas by Henry John Drewal

Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

Henry John Drewal

227 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
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This book traces the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata and other African water divinities. Mami Wata, often portrayed with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish, is at once beautiful, jealous, generous, seductive, and poten...

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