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Mami WataHenry John Drewal

Vodou, Hoodoo & African Diasporic Religions

Mami Wata

Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

by Henry John Drewal

The catalogue of a major Fowler Museum exhibition on the water spirit Mami Wata and related divinities. Drewal traces how European mermaids, a German snake-charmer print and Hindu posters shaped her image, and shows the shrines and arts of her devotees across Africa and the Americas.

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