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Paloma Mami and Rauw Alejandro team up on “LA FREAK,” a sultry standout from her new album Códigos de Muñeka. With glitchy ...

Juliana Marins was hiking Mount Rinjani - the second-highest volcano in Indonesia - with a group on June 21 when she slipped ...

Prior to “Mami Wata,” Obasi wrote the screenplay for the drama “Lionheart,” which was set to become Nigeria’s first-ever Oscar entry in 2019.

In “Mami Wata,” the archetypes are familiar, but they work to make this Nigerian film a distinctly economical masterpiece. Written and directed by C.J. Obasi (also known as Fiery), ...

Mami came to Los Angeles in 1982 as a refugee of the Salvadoran civil war; that same year, she began working as a live-in housekeeper on Palmera Avenue in Pacific Palisades.Mami loved Mrs. Connie ...

Shot in transfixing black-and-white by Lílis Soares, director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s Sundance sensation beguiles with family tensions and spiritual dimensions.

“Mami Wata and Waves for Change, it’s a great combination. The brand itself, it really drives surfing in Africa,” said Apish Thsethsa, a surfer who works with both organizations.

Last month, “Mami Wata,” the latest movie by writer-director CJ “Fiery” Obasi, became the first feature by a Nigeria-based filmmaker to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Mami Wata is a multifaceted figure whose personae is as diverse as the diaspora that venerates her. A patroness of beauty, money, and all things that ebb and flow, she’s sometimes depicted as ...