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Author:   Henry John Drewal
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.336kg
ISBN:  

9780253351562

ISBN 10:   0253351561
Pages:   708
Publication Date:   08 December 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Introduction: Charting the Voyage 1. Mami Wata and the Sierra Leone Diamonds: Wealth and Enslavement in Men's Dreams and the State Economy 2. Enchanted Rivers: True Stories about Water Spirits from the Niger Delta 3. Burumo Painting: Reflections of the Waterspirit World upon the Body of a Waterspirit-Carrying-Woman 4. Water Spirits in Water-less Places: The Case of Madame Sabot 5. Mami Wata, Mr. White, and the Sirens off Bar Beach: Spirits and Dangerous Consumption in the Nigerian Popular Press 6. A Memoir of Mami Wata in Azumini 7. Tale of the Achikobo: It's the Tail That Is Mine 8. Mami Wata, Wealth-Owning Spirits, and Changing Economic Morals in West Africa 9. Congolese Mami Wata: The Charm and Delusion of Modernity 10. Tafisula or the Mami Wata: A Mwondo Théâtre Production 11. A Fish Out of Water: The Inland Migration of the Dona Fish to the Luapula Plateau, Zambia 12. Abidjan Mamiwater and Aba Yaba: Two Profiles of Mami/Maame Water Priesthood in Ghana 13. A Tribute to Mami Wata Vodun Supreme Chief Daagbo Hounon Houna 14. The Laughing Vodou Goddess: A Photo-Essay 15. Mami Wata: The Goddess of Water and Beauty Lives 16. The Mami Wata Phenomenon: ""Old Wine in New Skin"" 17. Mami Wata, Water Spirits, and Returners in and near the Igbo Culture Area 18. Dada-Dreadlock-Hair: The Hidden Messages of Mammy Water in Southeastern Nigeria 19. Mermaids and Mami Wata on Brassware from Old Calabar 20. The Ejagham Interpretation of a Sculpture of Mami Wata 21. Mami Watas, Miengu, and Mermaids: Water Spirits of Coastal Cameroon 22. Water Spirits and Mermaids: The Copperbelt Chitapo 23. Mummy Wata Goes South: An Interview with a Zulu Devotee 24. ""Oh hurry to the river!"" uMamlambo Models in the Eastern Cape, South Africa 25. Mami Wata: The Slippery Mermaid Phenomenon 26. Mammy Wata, Inc. 27. Mami Wata: An Urban Presence or the Making of a Tradition in Benin City, Nigeria 28. Mami Wata as a Christian Demon: The Eroticism of Forbidden Pleasures in Southern Ghana 29. Mami Wata: A Vanishing Art in Port Harcourt, Nigeria 30. Mermaids and End-Time Jezebels: New Tales from Old Calabar 31. The Intersection of Evangelism, AIDS, and Mami Wata in Popular Music in Centrafrique 32. The Role of Mammy Wata as an Agent for the Promotion of Ogoni National Identity 33. Of Micro-hydros and Mami Wata: Rural Development Meets Mythological Reality 34. The Bride of the Rain in North Africa 35. Death of the Mermaid and Political Intrigue in the Indian Ocean 36. Somewhere under Dan's Rainbow: Joseph Kossivi Ahiator's ""India Spirits"" in His Mami Wata Pantheon 37. Inbetweeners: Mamiwata and the Hybridity of Contemporary African Art 38. Jack Akpan's Mammy-Water 39. The Creation and Consecration of a Mami Wata Sculpture 40. Communicating with the Gods: An Altar Dedication to Mami Wata 41. The Ever-Changing Face of Watramama in Suriname: A Water Goddess in Creolization since the Seventeenth Century 42. Saramaka Sea Gods 43. Arts for the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou 44. Sodo, Haiti, 19972001: The Pilgrimage to Healing Waters—A Photo-Essay 45. Misterios: The Making of a Documentary as a Way of Exploring One's Own Faith 46. Mami Wata—""It's in the Blood"": A Personal Journal of Ancestral Resurrection in the Aftermath of Slavery List of References List of Contributors List of Illustrations and Other Media Index"

Reviews

A major study, not just on Mami Wata, but also a seminal study in the field of African art history as a whole. Rowland Abiodun, Amherst College [It] will serve as the definitive volume on Mami Wata and related deities for many years to come. Elisha Renne, University of Michigan

Sacred Waters is a significant addition to its field of study: the arts and histories of the Mami Wata spirit and other water deities of Africa and its diaspora. Edited by eminent Africanist scholar Drewal, this collection includes 46 essays written by an international group of scholars, writers, artists, filmmakers, and devotees. The impressive amount of information presented within the essays underscores the scope and diversity of water spirit religions in Africa and the African diaspora. The authors investigate the history of these religions, and also of the related imagery that was first documented in the late 15th century. Today water spirits are widely represented in visual art, film, literature, theater, and popular culture. Together with the supplemental DVD, Sacred Waters features nearly 500 illustrations of water spirit images, devotees, and rituals. Adding a multisensory component... the DVD presents spoken poetry, performance clips, and music. Sacred Waters includes a lengthy reference section and notes about the illustrations and other media. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. --CHOICE J. M. Youmans, independent scholar, July 2009 [A] major study, not just on Mami Wata, but also a seminal study in the field of African art history as a whole. -Rowland Abiodun, Amherst College Sacred Waters is a significant addition to its field of study... The impressive amount of information presented within the essays underscores the scope and diversity of water spirit religions in Africa and the African diaspora...Recommended. -Choice, July 2009 [It] will serve as the definitive volume on Mami Wata and related deities for many years to come. -Elisha Renne, University of Michigan This book is probably the holy grail of all writins on Mami Wata - it covers a large geographical spread, a large expanse of time and includes a number of different perspectives on this changing phenomenon. -Anitra Nettleton, de arte, No. 80 2009 The wide range of information, writing styles, research method, and intellectual approaches gives the reader a rich view of Mami Wata and related divinities. The included DVD presents additional materials for most chapters-music, spoken word poetry, performance videos, and still images. This multimedia offering complements the collection's diverse and hybrid subject. -H-AfrArts Reviews, February 2010

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Henry John Drewal is Evjue-Bascom Professor of Art History and Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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