The film Mami Wata is doing something different. Firstly, while many (well-made) films set on the African continent — at least those made by Africans themselves anyway — often take the time to show ...

Filmmaker C.J. Obasi’s project has received rave reviews, earning the Special Jury Award for cinematography at the festival. From thrilling documentaries to powerful dramas, the Sundance Film Festival ...

A priestess serves as the intermediary for a water spirit in this poetic stunner, the first homegrown Nigerian film to debut at the festival. Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the ...

The Nigerian filmmaker told IndieWire he was searching for his place in the world when the deity appeared to him. Soon, he was making an Oscar contender centered on her rich mythos. It all started ...

To win the favor of Mami Wata, one must be clean and sweet-smelling both inside and out. Worshipers bathe and drink talcum powder before approaching her altar, neatly decorated with fruit, shells, ...

An onyx sea, white rippled through inky black, foams away in the moonlight. Grasping for sand it whispers and burbles, as if talking to the shore. On the beach two women stand, deep in discussion ...

Everyone thinks about water now, even we who still enjoy it in potable abundance. Water falls high on the Pentagon's list of resources over which 21st century military conflict is likely to occur.

I grew up fearing Mami Wata, a mermaid-like deity — half-woman, half-aquatic creature — that is of prominence in many parts of Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and other points of the diaspora.

The Afrocentric lifestyle label, co-founded by TV host Selema Masekela, opens on Abbot Kinney for four months, offering beachwear and surfboards inspired by motifs and proverbs from across the ...