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Veteran, popular storyteller brings a contemporary, comical twist to the mystical Afro-Brazillian folktale,"Mae de Agua." Stories about the mysterious "mer" people, who live in the water, have been told since their African origins. Another popular story inspired by the Water Woman stories was Hans Christian Anderson's,"Little Mermaid," which has a tragic ending. The story "Water Women" has a moral of comical comeuppance. This story has been a popular part of Imakhu's repertoire.
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Veteran, popular storyteller brings a contemporary, comical twist to the mystical Afro-Brazillian folktale,"Mae de Agua." Stories about the mysterious "mer" people, who live in the water, have been told since their African origins. Another popular story inspired by the Water Woman stories was Hans Christian Anderson's,"Little Mermaid," which has a tragic ending. The story "Water Women" has a moral of comical comeuppance. This story has been a popular part of Imakhu's repertoire.
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Posted on December 24, 2005 at 09:23 PM | Permalink
Review of Water Woman
Imaku Mwt Shakumet continues her wise and clever tales and retellings of "True Urban Legends" in this down home story of the Water Woman or Mae de Agua in Brazilian Lore, or the Little Mermaid, as many might know her. Here Shakumet draws the story from different depths, with the warning or moral if you will. " ...hold on to your own power..".
This story would work for adults and children, as it is well told by Shakumet, with energy, music, and voice both spoken and sung. It's a surprise and delight to hear a great story so craftily reinvented for modern times.
I hope these stories would not be limited to the obligatory 28 days in February or last minute Kwanzaa programming... those being great times to air this and other tales from Shakumet. Any Saturday afternoon or radio magazine would be enhanced by her stories.