The film Mami Wata is doing something different. Firstly, while many (well-made) films set on the African continent — at least those made by Africans themselves anyway — often take the time to show ...

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A priestess serves as the intermediary for a water spirit in this poetic stunner, the first homegrown Nigerian film to debut at the festival. Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the ...

To win the favor of Mami Wata, one must be clean and sweet-smelling both inside and out. Worshipers bathe and drink talcum powder before approaching her altar, neatly decorated with fruit, shells, ...

Selema Masekela—one of the co-founders of the first African surf brand, Mami Wata—remembers the first time he went surfing in South Africa, back in 1991. His father is from the country, but Masekela ...

Shot in dense, high-contrast black and white, writer-director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s “Mami Wata,” unspools like a mysterious dream. It’s both inscrutable and hypnotic, delivering indelible images while ...