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a woman's head is covered in chains

This week I visited the National Museum of African Art. I love staring and gazing into art; I often find myself getting lost in its mystery and beauty. There is no right or wrong answer or black-and-white with art. Everybody sees something different from their cultural lens. Lens that dont come off, they're embedded within all of us. Sometimes we can adjust or shift focus, but nevertheless we still peep through those same lens. A major highlight for me was the notion of "Mami Wata." Mami…

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an image of a woman with a snake in her hand and other items around her

Just as with other African fae, there’s not a lot of folklore texts available about this queen of the water fae. Folklore Drums and Shadows, by Georgia Writer’s Project, [1940], APPENDIX Cardinall says of the Gold Coast: “Spirits of rivers and waterholes are greatly respected. They are most powerful spirits, too. They can slay men …

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