[PDF.75ej] Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

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

[PDF.fl55] Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

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 | #1729137 in Books |  2008-04-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.00 x9.00 x1.00l,2.06 | File type: PDF | 228 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful book|By rschust|For anyone drawn to Mami Wata sculpture from Africa, as I am, this book is a must both in content and illustrations. It shows why there is growing interest in this sub-field of African art linked to the Mami Wata religion in West Africa and the Americas.|5 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Mami Wata|<|About the Author|Henry John Drewal is the Evjue-Bascom Professor of African and African Diaspora Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Other contributors include Marilyn Houlberg, Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Amy L. Noell, John W. Nunley, and Jill Salmons.

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 potentially deadly. A water spirit widely known across Africa and the African diaspora, her origins are said to lie "overseas," although she has been thoroughly incorporated into local beliefs and practics. She can brin...

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