Call for entry: Black Mermaids
September 28, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, crafts, doll and dolls and dollmaking
Mermaid and Merwomen in Black Folklore
A juried exhibition for art quilters/ doll artists, February 20–March
31, 2009, Avery Research Institute Center for African American
History & Culture at the College of Charleston
Description
Some of the first tales of mermaids and merwomen were brought to
America by Africans enslaved along the coast of South Carolina. Many
of these folktales were stories of African ocean and river goddesses.
Because of the rich oral traditions of these peoples, few if any of
these stories were written down until they were recorded by
collectors of folk tales at the end of the 19th century.
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