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Mamy Wata, in the African (Ghana) daily life ...

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LINK to the article   THE family of Janet Bandu, the lady who allegedly got drowned with hip-life artiste Theophilus Tagoe - known in the showbiz industry as Castro (the Destroyer) - is furious over claims by a section of the Ghanaian populace that the lady is a water spirit - known in the local parlance as 'Maame Water'. Janet, a former student of IPMC and Ghallywood Academy of Film Acting, is said to have travelled to Ada without the knowledge of her parents who live at Kasoa in the Central Region. Her mother, Lariba, said her daughter is not a water spirit and explained that everybody at Burma Camp knows that they lived there before moving to Kasoa, after Janet's father retired from the military. In an interview with  Adom FM , Madam Lariba said Janet, a native of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, last Sunday went to Ada. She claimed her daughter only told her she was going out with her friends, even though she did not tell her where she was actually g

"Mamy Wata, 3rd wave" - 2014 - Caribbean Open, Surface Gallery, Nottingham

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Sketches References Mami Wata - Wikipedia 3rd wave feminism - Wikipedia   Previous work, 2013 -: "Ophelia, 3rd wave" Sacred Waters - arts for Mami Wata and other divinities in Africa and the diaspora Kafou, Haiti art and Voudou This piece was produced after the end of my  art&philosophy collaboration   and I see it as a direct outcome of the thinking and research done before. 

Delphine Diaw Diallo

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Baby Guerilla

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"Stop harcelement de rue" - France

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