Healing Humanity, Janet “Sula” Evans, Medicine Queen of the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors
Dublin Core
Title
Healing Humanity, Janet “Sula” Evans, Medicine Queen of the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors
Description
This suit, Healing Humanity, honors Asase Yaa and Babaluaye. Asase Yaa is mother earth in the West African Akan tradition and the Twi language. Invoked to heal the planet and humanity, she is typically depicted with a pregnant belly, which symbolizes hope and blessings for the future. Babaluaye is an orisha, or force of nature, that also heals, sweeping the earth clean from pestilence and disease.
Creator
Photograph by Vincent Simmons
Date
Mardi Gras 2020
Type
Still Image
Collection
Citation
Photograph by Vincent Simmons, “Healing Humanity, Janet “Sula” Evans, Medicine Queen of the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors,” Mystery in Motion | Louisiana State Museum, accessed April 24, 2024, https://mysteryinmotion.info/items/show/189.