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	MAMI WATA IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DIASPORA
		F rom the outset, it must be emphatically stated that the name Mami Wata is plural, meaning it refers to a pantheon of ancient water deities. Mami Wata are not part of the Yoruba pantheon of Orishas (i.e., Yemoja, Oshun etc.,), nor are their initiation ceremonies or means by which they are identified the same.
		Today, the most frequently encountered image of Mami Wata is a long-haired woman with a snake circling her torso, based on a 19th century chromolithograph of a snake goddess.
		Mami is also responsible for protection, emotional, and mental healing, spiritual growth/balance, and maintaining social order by assuring that sacred laws imposed on both the initiate and the family in which she/he lives is maintained.
	www.mamiwata.com /mami.htm (1574 words)

	Mami Wata
		Mami Wata is a water-spirit, sometimes described as a mermaid figure, who can found throughout the western coastal regions and into central Africa.
		Mami Wata is also said to have a number of avatars on earth--mortal women who have the same look as the deity and who act as her "daughters." Mami Wata may give wealth to her devotees, her "daughters" or to her (male) spouses, but she is never known to give fertility.
		Mami Wata is sometimes seen as a metaphor for modern African conditions -- having the knowledge of global wealth and the desire for large-scale consumption, but lacking the actual wealth or access to the world's wealth that would enable Africans to participate in that system.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/m/mami_wata.html (344 words)

	African Folk Tales About Mami Wata
		Mami Wata, in the form of a mermaid, sometimes splashes about in the water at the end of a rainbow after a heavy storm.
		Mami Wata is sometimes used as a slang term for prostitute.
		Mami Wata will come to a man who is one of her devoted followers.
	www.beautiful-mermaid-art.com /african-folk-tales.html (380 words)

	mami.html
		Mami Wata is usually represented, both verbally and iconically, as a woman, but as a woman of a very special type.
		In contemporary Nigeria, Mami Wata is said to be responsible for many cases of barrenness, venereal disease, as well as headaches and a generalized form of bodily distress.
		Mami Wata's dual nature of afflictor and healer, bringer of fortune and bestower of misfortune, is symbolized by the two colors most associated with her devotees in West Africa.
	www.fandm.edu /departments/Anthropology/mami.html (2352 words)

	A R T 3 S T ※ » “Mami Wata”
		The character of Mami Wata is twofold: she is an ancient and indigenous deity, part of the widespread belief in spirits that live in the waters, but she is most often depicted as an alien creature such as a mermaid.
		Mami Wata is often portrayed as a light-skinned maiden with snakes curling around her breasts; the snakes represent supernatural power.
		She is benevolent as she works to ensure beauty, riches, a big family and a long life to those who honor her, but she also has a dangerous side that capsizes boats, strips away fertile soil and drowns unfortunate victims.
	www.art3st.com /wp/mami-wata (199 words)

	Michael C. Carlos Museum: Permanent Collection: Sub-Saharan African Art
		The Ibibio believe that Mami Wata brings material wealth to her followers, but the cost of this good fortune is great, for the price of riches is the loss of fertility.
		The character of Mami Wata is twofold: she is an ancient and indigenous deity, part of the widespread belief in spirits that live in the waters, but she is most often depicted as an alien creature such as a mermaid.
		Representations of Mami Wata generally depict her as a woman with light skin and dark flowing hair, wreathed in snakes.
	carlos.emory.edu /COLLECTION/AFRICA/africa02.html (255 words)

	Favre: Immerse yourself in the legend of African water spirit Mami Wata : Venture Out : Ventura County Star
		She is the water spirit Mami Wata, a fabled mermaid-like deity whose roots date back to the 15th century and who remains a revered figure throughout much of Africa.
		Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas traces five centuries of the culturally significant figure through dozens of paintings, sculptures, masks and installations.
		Mami Wata's snake-charming prowess seems to have become a common part of her lore sometime in the 19th century.
	www.venturacountystar.com /news/2008/jun/05/splash-course (1056 words)

	Ennen & nyt 4/03: Vedenjumalattaren monet kasvot: magia, moraali ja globalisaatio länsiafrikkalaisessa ...
		Mami Watan innoittamat seinämaalaukset, jumalattaren kunniaksi järjestetyt rituaalit ja hänen alttarinsa muodostavat kokonaisuuden, jonka kautta on mahdollista ymmärtää globaalin ja paikallisen vuorovaikutusta arkielämän, uskonnon ja taiteen välityksellä.
		Mami Watalle omistettujen alttaripöytien päätarkoitus on kunnioittaa usein oikukkaan vedenneidon mieltymyksiä ja luoda henkilökohtainen yhteys häneen.
		Mami Watan seuraajien taipumus yhdistellä elementtejä useista eri maailmanuskonnoista ja käyttää länsimaalaisia kulutushyödykkeitä jumalattaren palvonnassa on kuvaava esimerkki tästä prosessista.
	www.ennenjanyt.net /4-03/magia.htm (1364 words)

	Mami Wata
		The beautiful mermaid Mami Wata has fallen in love with the King Mfumu of the Bakongo Kingdom, so taken by him that she decides to leave the river from which she lives in order to seduce and proclaim her love to the King.
		After an evening of lovemaking Mami Wata leaves the palace to return to her river and is followed by Queen Watoma.
		Mami Wata sees that she is being followed and is angered that a mortal would dare to do this; she turns to find her lover’s wife, Queen Watoma and curses her.
	www.lamama.org /archives/2006/MamiWataII.htm (195 words)

	Inkara Art - African Queens
		She may appear to her devotees (in dreams and visions), she is also said to walk the streets of modern African cities in the guise of beautiful but elusive woman.
		Mami Wata is also said to have a number of avatars on earth - mortal women who have the same look as the deity and who acts as her daughters.
		Mami Wata may give wealth to her devotees.
	www.inkara-art.com /mami_wata.htm (134 words)

	Mami Wata - Healing and fertility
		Mami Wata is a popular subject in the art, fiction, poetry, music, and film of the Caribbean and West and Central Africa.
		Mami Wata has also proved to be a popular theme in African and Caribbean literature.
		She is often described as a mermaid-like figure, with a woman's upper body (often nude), and the hindquarters of a fish or serpent.
	www.experiencefestival.com /mami_wata_-_healing_and_fertility (837 words)

	Nigerians In America Village Square - Song of the Mami Wata
		Mami- Wata - African deity of the water and of excess, she is seen as both a mermaid and a beautiful woman walking the streets of modern Africa.
		Mami Wata is also the pidgin English name of the spiritual force also known to Igbo-speakers as Ezenwaanyi (Queen or Chief of Women), Nnekwunwenyi (Honorable Woman), Ezebelamiri (Queen Who Lives in the Waters), and Nwaanyi mara mma (More Than Beautiful Woman.
		Mami Water cults are more common in the Volta Region, which is predominantly inhabited by the Ewe, who have close social, economic and cultural links with the Ewe in southern Togo.
	www.nigeriansinamerica.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=1797 (468 words)

	Mami - AskTheBrain.com
		The name "Mami Wata," is an anglicized word used to describe a pantheon of water, mainly serpent, anthropomorphic divinities, who inhabit the sacred oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams.
		Mami Wata an ancient powerful mediumistic and healing tradition, that consist of a Pantheon of water divinities, who inhabit the sacred oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams.
		Your former husband's referencing you as "Mami Wata", unfortunately has no tangible relation to the actual spirit of the Mami Wata, but rather to the colonial imagery that was later adopted to symbolize many aspects of power and beauty that were pervasive in Africa during that time.
	www.askthebrain.com /mami-.html (382 words)

	The Collection (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mami Wata Wata has also been portrayed as a destructive seductress or temptress-a femme fatale-while at other times she boasts extraordinary healing powers.
		Mami Wata is often personified as a woman of extraordinary beauty, as in this mask.
		Here, in keeping with Mami Wata's love of jewelry, she is presented wearing a necklace with a heart-shaped locket.
	www.high.org /collection/display_art.aspx?UID=72.40.155 (142 words)

	Edofolks - The First Edo Website
		Both Olokun and Mami Wata use mirrors which represent water and is used as a vehicle into the other world.
		Mami Wata is a very recent development so most of the things used are modern.
		The Olokun devotees dance to the continuous beating of "Ukuse" (calabash covered with stinged beads) while the Mami Wata devotees dance to the percusive music of the Mami Wata priestess as she plays the locally made harmonica and guitar.
	www.edofolks.com /html/pub106.htm (1504 words)

	Modernity and mystery: Mami Wata in African art (Page 1)
		Mami Wata worship is strongly connected to the traditional worship of water spirits.
		The portrayal of Mami Wata in African art is characterised by the appropriation of Hindu and Christian prints in its imagery.
		Despite common descriptions found in Mami Wata cults, it is important to note that the rituals and devotional objects associated with her worship may differ from region to region.
	www.arcyart.com /mami1.htm (445 words)

	Hintergrundinformationen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mami Wata wird in ganz Westafrika, aber auch in Brasilien oder der Karibik verehrt.
		In Afrika ist der Mami Wata-Kult besonders verbreitet bei den Ewe oder Fon - wie sie auch genannt werden -, in Togo.
		In Zukunft wird er Mami Wata dienen, beispielsweise indem er ihr einen Altar errichtet und zu bestimmten Zeiten ihren Geist darstellt.
	www.mamiwata.de /Hintergrundinformationen.htm (1085 words)

	Galerie 2 - Mami Wata Tempel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mami Wata jedoch begegnet ihren Anhängern vor allem fröhlich, läßt sie bei den Zeremonien lachen und allerlei Schabernack treiben.
		Ihren Anhängern verheißt Mami Wata Reichtum und Macht.
		Mami Wata liebt alles Schöne, deshalb tragen die Initiierten während des Rituals weiße Kleider und achten darauf, daß der Tempel immer sauber gefegt ist.
	www.africa-photo.com /museum/b2a.html (153 words)

	Modernity and mystery: Mami Wata in African art (Page 2)
		Similarly Mami Wata is also a deity to be feared and revered for her capacity to do both good and evil.
		Mami Wata is believed to be especially useful for solving problems of a modern kind.
		Mami Wata is believed to like things that smell good, taste good or shine and glitter.
	www.arcyart.com /mami2.htm (421 words)

	Mami Wata
		The second creature is presumably closer to the Mami Wata or Mama Muntu.
		I am also compiling an archive of Mami Wata images and objects for consideration in the exhibition and would appreciate copies (slides, photos) and information on the whereabouts, conditions, and availability of such materials.
		A colony of Zairean painters were producing Mami Wata canvases in Lusaka in the mid to late 70s.
	www.h-net.org /~africa/threads/mamiwata.html (1981 words)

	The Vengeance of Mami Wata tickets - The Vengeance of Mami Wata information - New York
		Mami Wata is a well-known figure in all of African oral tradition.
		In certain regions of Africa, for example, Nigeria, Mami Wata is adored by some as the spiritual mother of the water.
		This story of Mami Wata is the tale of an outcast little girl who was so persecuted as a child because her mother died while giving birth to her that she became ill. She was then driven from her village to survive on her own in the bush.
	www.theatermania.com /content/show.cfm?int_show_id=18847 (179 words)

	- A Bravenet.com Faq
		Also a male priest of the Vodou is accorded the initatory title of "Ahougan," meaning "Father of the House," though a woman may also be accorded this honrary title if she is the widow of a priest, and now takes on his prior duties as "father".
		Lastly, it must be kept in mind that there are many who are born with aspects of the Mami Wata, and divination is one of the major ways one can learn this.
		Your former husband's referencing you as "Mami Wata", unfortunately has no tangible relation to the actual spirit of the Mami Wata deity, but rather to the colonial imagery that was later adopted to symbolize many aspects of power and beauty that were pervasive in Africa during that time.
	pub47.bravenet.com /faq/show.php?usernum=3951612168&catid=133 (1179 words)

	...Kakariki Footprints...: The ancestors, the Mami Wata, Somba Country, Gorom Gorom and more... March 2007
		The Mami Wata sect is almost exclusively female, because people do not 'choose' to join the sect but rather the spirits choose the people - and Mami Wata, she prefers women!!
		Unfortunately we didn't see any Mami Wata ceremony but I felt so drawn to this that I am certain I will return to Benin to find the Mami Wata and learn more about this...
		The ancestors, the Mami Wata, Somba Country, Gorom...
	kakarikifootprint.blogspot.com /2007/07/ancestors-mami-wata-somba-country-gorom.html (1928 words)

	Welcome to Fowler Museum at UCLA
		Often portrayed as a mermaid, a snake charmer, or a combination of both, she and the “school” of related African water spirits all honor the essential, sacred nature of water.
		Experience the debut of this multimedia exhibition and explore the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata through a dynamic presentation of the rich array of arts surrounding her—sculpture, paintings, masks, posters, and more from west and central Africa, the Caribbean, Brazil, and the United States.
		Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
	www.fowler.ucla.edu /incEngine/?content=cm&cm=exhibitions (707 words)

	THE THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY PRESENTS INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST ROSE MARIE GUIRAUD AND LES GUIRIVOIRES DANCE ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Vengeance of Mami Wata debuted in New York to critical acclaim at The University of the Streets in 1979, followed by successful runs at La Mama Theater and the New Federal Theatre, which led to a highly successful tour in the Ivory Coast.
		The Vengeance of Mami Wata is based on the folktale of Mami Wata, the spiritual mother of the water, a well-known figure throughout African oral tradition.
		Showtimes for The Vengeance Of Mami Wata are April 10-27, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM.
	www.theezine.net /articles/31/THE-THEATER-FOR-THE-NEW-CITY-PRESENTS-INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED-ARTIST-ROSE-MARIE-GUIRAUD-AND-LES-GUIRIVOIRES-DANCE-THEATRE-COMPANY-PERFORMING-HER-AFRICAN-DANCEMUSICAL-THEATER-DRAMA-THE-VENGEANCE-OF-MAMI-WATA.html (533 words)

	UW Press: Mami Wata
		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.
		Mami Wata / Mamba Muntu Paintings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Bogumil Jewsiewicki
	www.washington.edu /uwpress/search/books/DREMAM.html (411 words)

	Gallery 2 - Mami Wata Tempel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mami Wata is the goddess of the sea and often is depicted as a mermaid.
		Mami Wata heals, brings wealth, power and love.
		The altar displays Mami Wata and 40 other water spirits.
	www.africa-photo.com /museum/english/b2a.html (59 words)

	Ink 19 :: Mark Of Voodoo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mami Wata is the supreme deity, able to manifest in several different forms, from beautiful fl mermaids on rainbows to even a male form.
		Mami Wata is the spirit of the sea, the mother of waters.
		There are dozens of other manifestations of Mami Wata, as well as other deities, such as Legba, Hervioso, Naete, and Damballah, with their own rituals and prayers.
	www.ink19.com /issues/august2002/printReviews/markOfVoodoo.html (1027 words)

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