![]() ![]() Morrow, Brian Pinkney, Desiree Cueto, Dorea Kleker, Jessica Love, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Julián Is a Mermaid, Leo and Diane Dillon, Mama Zogbé, Mami Wata, Mary Belle and the Mermaid, Monique Roffey, Mother of the Sea, Natasha Bowen, Rivers Solomon, Robert D. Tags: A Chorus Rises, Bayou Magic, Bethany C. This set of books features twelve books that center on Black mermaids and African mythology. A mermaid offers a young girl a magical escape in this lushly told and luminously illustrated Coretta Scott King Honor-winning picture book. Over time, the oral stories of mermaids and sirens have been written and published throughout the world and have become the inspiration for several recent picture books and novels. A similar figure, called Yemoja is known to the Yoruba people of Nigeria to be a giver of life, and La Sirene is a Haitian spirit of the sea. She is known for bestowing wealth and power as well as destruction. ![]() For example, Mami Wata is a deity whose story is told throughout different parts of West Africa. The half human/half fish water spirit is referred to by different names depending on the specific African nation and unique cultures within. ![]() A prominent figure in stories told across different African nations is that of the mermaid. By Desiree Cueto and Dorea Kleker, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZĪfrican diaspora folklore, myths and legends have been passed down through oral traditions from generation to generation. ![]()
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