Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough — look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid ... which grounds its narrative in the West African myths of Mami Wata and the goddess Yemoja, ...

Kopacz talked to rolling out about how she drew from the Yoruba legend of Yemaya, a Black mermaid deity who. ... Some people will say god or goddess in their pantheon of gods and goddesses.

Why the latest "Little Mermaid," played by Halle Bailey, is just one in a long line of Black mermaids. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

“Black mermaids are regarded as goddesses, and I don’t think any of them would give up being a goddess to get out of the water and marry a prince,” Washington said.

Tracey Baptiste's new book, "Mermaid and Pirate," debuted on April 4. Less than two months away from the anticipated release of "The Little Mermaid" starring Halle Bailey, a Trinidadian author has ...

There goes the neighborhood. Never mind that the neighborhood is under the sea. It wasn’t enough that Black people had to integrate cities and towns and schools and work places and institutio… ...

Afro Mermaid actually started off as a merchandise store focused on Black representation. Melanated mermaids with afro puffs, locs and braids adorned their clothing.

Cultural Impact Is Defining the Success of ‘The Little Mermaid’ (Commentary) Despite racial and misogynistic attacks, the film’s impact goes beyond the screen ...

Bailey is right about her “The Little Mermaid” being bigger than a story about a romantic pursuit. It's bigger than its origin tale. In fact, it’s even bigger than just another Disney remake ...

Off the shores of Black Conch, an imagined island in the Caribbean, in 1976, two American white men and a crew of Black island sailors hook a mermaid and wrestle her out of the water.

Here are three very different works of Black mermaid fiction that, ... (2021), which grounds its narrative in the West African myths of Mami Wata and the goddess Yemoja, ...