Tracksmith has joined forces with African surf brand Mami Wata to reimagine a selection of its flagship pieces. One of the Boston brand’s highly sought-after staples is its Run Cannonball Run Shorts.

C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi's third feature, which won the Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Prize in Cinematography, weaves the lore of a water deity into a propulsive narrative of village change.

The film Mami Wata is doing something different. Firstly, while many (well-made) films set on the African continent — at least those made by Africans themselves anyway — often take the time to show ...

The seaside village of Iyi is the setting for C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s mythical Mami Wata, which chronicles the fraught relationship between an all-powerful African water deity and the villagers who are ...

A priestess serves as the intermediary for a water spirit in this poetic stunner, the first homegrown Nigerian film to debut at the festival. Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the ...

Selema Masekela—one of the co-founders of the first African surf brand, Mami Wata—remembers the first time he went surfing in South Africa, back in 1991. His father is from the country, but Masekela ...

You don’t need to believe in the generosity of an ancient water deity to be transfixed by Nigerian director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s folklore melodrama “Mami Wata.” Respecting the conjuring power of ...

For decades, the image of a surf lifestyle has been one of Southern California’s chief exports, but for too long it’s been tied to an all-white, geographically limited ideal. “Everyone assumed the ...

Lagos, Nigeria – On October 15, when C J Obasi heard that his film Mami Wata had been officially selected as Nigeria’s entry for the 2024 Oscars, he was elated. “It felt great. I think we definitely ...

As a child, my first introduction to surfing came from brands like Billabong, Quicksilver, Ripcurl, and Volcom, which set up shops in seaside towns everywhere I visited from Bali to Santa Cruz to ...