Mami Wata: The Early Afrikan Gods

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[madeofluv]

But..what many contemporary individuals fail to realize is that there is obviously something rather 'holy' , about the Black mother.

Even inside the Vatican ....on the celing of the Sistine chapel..it's atleast 25 paintings of black women all over the ceilings-some looking of great Nobility-Sybils..others with their heads down/sad..

what u should do is type in ur browsers 'pictures of the sitsine chapel ceiling'..

You'd be more then shocked..

also, the black 'Mary , 'they kneel to etc..

[madeofluv]

Mami watta was black/is black..

Black woman /first woman..

If you put an image search in ur browser,to take u to the pics ..they mostly show statues/ancient statues paintings etc of mami watta being of african orgin/clearly.

The 'pale' mami watta..is the european version of course.....just like all the great blacks of ancient/ all the gods..all of ancient egypt/isis etc ..hell the sphinx...

the virgin mary/the european versions show them as pale with blue eyes..just like 'jesus'.

[OyaRevolutionary]

To be honest, quite good but why the emphasis on the non yoruba element? If you know anything about Mami Wata, she is Universal AND Afrikan cosmopolitan!

[bigskygarrison7]

Amazing! Thank you!

[mia4mj]

oh about her apperance, theres been confusion about her being white.not true.

She is pale/fair because she dwells deep inside the sea, hardly ne exposure to sunlight. u will find that most sea creatures r self sustaiuned and can live in the the sea without ne sun.

Her wild fro speaks for itself.

[mia4mj]

Interesting, this draw a parallel between Maat also known for truth and wisdom, and said to be self-created.

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[congobigp]

The gulf of Guinea was a place where people were sent to work by colonial forces to work. Nigerians and Ghanaeans for example were amongst the first inhabitants of Kinshasa during it's inception by Belgians. Some of the english words such milk (miliki) were introduced in the local lingala.

But then again I might be wrong and the existance of the term of in the Americas through slavery could prove my whole point wrong. I just thought of sharing this.

[congobigp]

The reason I talk about a more recent term is the fact that the being is described in my region as white with long hair with a comb or literally white (like chalk). And though the myth is local it might at some point or the other might have been influenced by the european presence. European sailors often confused sea lions or similar animals with mermaids when they came to central Africa. Those things do unfortunately happen.

[congobigp]

ex: similar religious practices in Garamatian (nobody knows their real name) lands. Did they originated in Kemet, Kush or earlier sources?

Going back to Mami Wata and the possible pidgin origin, I think it's quite plausible. Nigeria up to the Congo the term is used to refer to different things. I know that in Angola they have myths also of beings of the water. I didn't get a specific name from Angolans of how they refer to them.