Joseph Kossivi Ahiator

**Joseph Kossivi Ahiator** bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1956 puuni, ka o nyɛ siyaasa niri ŋun nyɛ gbansabinli ka lahi nyɛ nucheeni baŋdi ŋun be Ghana, ka bɛ mi o tuma maala ni (  mural ) peenta peenta tingbani kamani Benin, Ghana,  nti pa Togo yaɣa zaa.  O nyɛla ŋun nyɛ siyaasa nti paati din yuli booni lɛm paati la, ka silimiingi bolli ni (National Democratic Congress )ka di jia nyɛ (NDC) la, o laha nyɛla jintɔri kurɔ nti yaɣili booni ( Ketu South Constituency) din be Volta kuligi yaɣili n be Ghana tingban ni la.

## Mamaŋ lahibali
Joseph Kossivi Ahiator nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so yuuni  1956 ni fɔŋyuli booni  Aflao, n be Ghana . O tuuli niya nim din jendi o  nucheeni tuma kuli nyɛla din daa jendi ocean, nti pahi  Mami Wata spirit, Indian Spirits, ni Vodu Gods din daa kana ka nyɛ din mini teegu kpɛri tabi ni. O dihi tabili ni suhi gabu zaŋchaŋ teeku polo ni di ni mali binshɛŋa din ni nyɛla din yini o ni yi kuli chani India tingbani sahakam ni o ni daa lahi nyɛ ŋun tabi Indian nim la,  ka mani di ni wuhi ni bɛ ni mi so ni  Mami Wata nyɛla ŋun tinnuu o dɔɣim ni la. Lala ŋɔ zuɣu, o peentin tuma anfooni  kam nyɛla din jendiri India, Africa, ni teegu sahakam . Dan Aida Wedo, ni sagani nyɛla din zanti  Vodu nyɛla lahiʒibu shɛli din labiri niŋda.

## Tuma sɔli ( Career )

## Kundivihira
### Citations

### Sources

* Adjibodou, Venise Nichole. ''Everyday Vodun: Materiality, Affect, and Knowledge in Southern Benin''. University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
** This source provides information about the Tchamba culture and interpreting murals
* Adogame, Afeosemime Unuose; Echtler, Magnus; Vierke, Ulf (2008). *Unpacking the New: Critical Perspectives on Cultural Syncretization in Africa and Beyond*. LIT Verlag Münster. p.&nbsp;212. 
* Bellagamba, Alice; Greene, Sandra E.; Klein, Martin A. (13 May 2013). *African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade: Volume 1, The Sources*. Cambridge University Press. p.&nbsp;170. 
* Charles, et al. *Crossing Borders in African Literatures*. *Handel Books*, 2015.
* Drewal, Henry J. *Local Transformations, Global Inspirations The Visual Histories and Cultures of Mami Wata Arts in Africa*. 2nd ed., ResearchGate, 2013.
** Journal provides a brief explanation behind the inspiration for "Indian King of Mami Wata".
* Drewal, Henry John. “Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas.” *African Arts*, vol. 41, no. 2, 2008, pp.&nbsp;60–83.  Accessed 2 Nov. 2023.
** This journal provides a background on the art that Ahiator is interested in: the interconnectedness of the ocean and spirits from Africa and India.
* , Barbara. “Permitted and Prohibited Wealth: Commodity-Possessing Spirits, Economic Morals, and the Goddess Mami Wata in West Africa.” *Ethnology*, vol. 34, no. 4, 1995, pp.&nbsp;331–46.  Accessed 2 Nov. 2023.
** This source provides a background on Mami Wata culture.
* Hawley, John C. *India in Africa, Africa in India: Indian Ocean Cosmopolitanisms Borders in African Literatures*. *Indiana University Press*, 2008.
* Miller, Joseph C. (18 January 2015). *The Princeton Companion to Atlantic History*. Princeton University Press. p.&nbsp;318. 
* Roy, Anjali Gera. "Writer of the Year JAL, No. 8, 2011."'
** Article about Dana Rush, who specializes in the incorporation of India through chromolithographic images into the religious system of Vodun. Includes some information about the artist in relation to the author.
* Rush, Dana. "In remembrance of slavery: Tchamba Vodun arts." *African Arts*, vol. 44, no. 1, spring 2011, pp.&nbsp;40+. *Gale Literature Resource Center*, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A252632138/LitRC?u=anon~7259b14d&sid=googleScholar&xid=b4445804. Accessed 1 Nov. 2023.
** This article provides some background on the vodun complex
* Rush, Dana. "GLOBAL MAMI:“INDIA” AND MAMI WATA IN WEST AFRICAN VODU."
** This is an article with a large exert on Joseph Kossivi Ahiator that coves some basic biography and its published by the University of Illinois so it should be a reliable source.
* Rush, Dana. "In Remembrance of Slavery: Tchamba Vodun." *African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter* 14.2 (2011): 1.
** Article contains brief explanation of the artist's artwork and several pictures of pieces he has done
* Rush, Dana. "The Idea of ‘India’ in West African Vodun Art and Thought." *India in Africa, Africa in India: Indian Ocean Cosmopolitanisms* (2008): 149-180.
** Background on vodun and Mami Wata and connection with Africa

### Nyami yaha
* https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Joseph-Kossivi-Ahiator-b-1956-Aflao-Ghana-Indian-King-of-Mami-Wata-2005-Pigment_fig3_315715830
** "Indian King of Mami Wata"