“Be careful of the water,” my mother would say to me every time we were close to a river, a subtle warning to watch out for the mermaids lurking below. The sentiment “be careful of the water” is a ...

From the moment Disney released the first trailer for the upcoming live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the internet has been dominated by angry voices who say it’s “unrealistic” for Black ...

C.J. "Fiery" Obasi, the director of Mami Wata, has announced the United States debut as he released the official trailer in a post on his Twitter page. The trailer revealed a village in West Africa, ...

“She is a Black girl! They made Ariel into a Black girl!” On 15 September, Brut gathered video reactions of little American girls, filmed by their parents watching promotional excerpts from the new ...

In recent years, so-called “mer-culture” has been on the rise. Then, there’s the whole “finfluencer” trend, with mermaids and mermans like Grace Page and Merman Chris making a splash on social media.

From the cover of "Soul of the Deep" by Natasha Bowen. (Courtesy) From the moment Disney released the first trailer for the upcoming live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid," the internet has been ...