Tag: Mami
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MAMI WATA Review: A Singularly Enthralling Experience – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] In West African folklore, Mami Wata (“Mother Water”) represents a water-based deity of relatively recent vintage to the continent. Traditionally a life-giver and life-bringer, Mami Wata isn’t without her ambiguities, however. She can take as well as give in equal measure, often balancing scales of life and death that — at least on the…
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The Fit Mami Airs Out Freddie Gibbs, Calls Him A Deadbeat Dad- Armessa Music News
[ad_1] HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Freddie Gibbs would probably like to have a relaxing Cinco de Mayo but instead, he’s the subject of ridicule after his ex-girlfriend The Fit Mami aired out some personal business. In a Twitter thread, the budding porn star detailed how Freddie Gibbs bagged her and then left her stranded with…
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First Look 2023: Mami Wata – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] This article appeared in the March 23, 2023 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Mami Wata (C.J. “Fiery” Obasi, 2023) Three critics recommend standouts from this year’s First Look festival, an annual showcase for adventurous new cinema at the Museum of Moving…
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MAMI WATA, West African Folktale Stuns, Mesmerizes – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] In West African folklore, Mami Wata (“Mother Water”) represents a water-based deity of relatively recent vintage to the continent. Traditionally a life-giver and life-bringer, Mami Wata isn’t without her ambiguities, however. She can take as well as give in equal measure, often balancing scales of life and death that — at least on the…
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C.J. Obasi on African Myths, Genre Twists and Sundance Pic ‘Mami Wata’ – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Seven years before its Jan. 23 world premiere in Park City — the first-time that a homegrown Nigerian feature has scored a coveted slot in the World Cinema Dramatic competition at Sundance — C.J. Obasi’s “Mami Wata” began with a vision. The director was sitting on a West African beach, in between projects and…