In 2017, Gustavo De Los Rios had a brush with death. The Monterrey, Mexico, native had recently spent close to twenty years working in the hospitality industry, doing everything from being a partner ...

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 ...

The 2024 edition of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is set to take place between October 19 and October 24, the organisers said on Tuesday. The six-day gala, billed as a celebration of world cinema, ...

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 ...

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