Sacred waters
Subtitle: arts for Mami Wata and other divinities in Africa and the diaspora
By: edited by Henry John Drewal.
Contributors: Drewal, Henry John.
Series: African expressive cultures
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloomington [Ind.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 708
ISBN-13: 9780253351562
Subjects: Mami Wata (African deity) -- Art; Art, African; African diaspora; Syncretism (Religion) in art; Hybridity (Social sciences) and the arts
Genres: Art.
Description: "Sacred Waters focuses on the arts, rituals, and religions associated with Mami Wata and other deities in Africa and its diasporas. Mami Wata, pidgin English for Mother Water, is a beautiful, seductive water spirit who brings wealth and good fortune to those she favors. Practices associated with winning her favor, widespread in West Africa and the Black Atlantic diaspora, are explored in 46 rich and perceptive essays by an international group of scholars and practitioners. This book addresses the diversity of belief and practice, audiences, gender, reception, hybridity, commodification, globalization, dispersal, and religious mutation of Mami Wata rituals. It includes more than 129 images and a supplemental DVD featuring nearly 500 images, several photographic essays, and film clips of performance/rituals, and music. As the first volume to probe the depth and scope of water deity arts and cultures, Sacred Waters is a definitive resource and landmark reference tool for readers in a wide range of academic disciplines."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.