By: Mama Zogbe © MWHS All Rights Reserved

"It is a well known fact that . . . Hindu soldiers when they arrived in Egypt, . . recognized the
Gods of their country in the ancient temples, particularly their God Krishna."

(Higgins, Anacalypsis Vol. I. p. 57)

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INTRODUCTION:

The following video highlights a dynamic unrequited love scene involving

the “Hindu” Goddess Kali. There are graphic scenes of sorcery, “dark
rituals”, self-awareness and ultimately transformation by a woman who
has rejected the advances of a powerful male sorcerer. However, simply
posting the video without any historic context as to why it would have
meaning in the Mami Wata Vodoun tradition, would merely leave the
viewer with the same universal assumptions concerning the gods and
goddesses of India, and the unsubstantiated myth that some of
them have been borrowed and incorporated into the Mami Wata Vodoun
tradition of West Africa. As a result, it is important to offer a brief
introduction as to why this video is significant in a growing body of
evidence which may conclude the exact opposite.

As the popularity and interest in African Traditional/Diaspora Spiritual

systems continue to grow in the West, it is important that they be viewed
in a context which sheds an accurate depiction of their rightful place and
profound significance in the development and shaping of the cultural and
religious foundations of nearly every civilization where Africans were a
dominate presence.

Contrary to the stereotypical assumption that African spiritual systems such as Vodoun and Mami Wata (for example), are
often portrayed as an amalgamation of fused ritual, ecclesiastical and theological borrowing's from Western Christianity, India and
other foreign sources, a growing body of anecdotal evidence is beginning to prove otherwise. (READ MORE )

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