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The River Mumma is also
known as River Mama or River
Maiden. The River Mumma's
story is originally from West
Africa, whe re she is call ed
Mammy Wata (Mammy Water/
Mother Water). When the Europeans that River Mumma has the upper
brought slaves from Africa to the body of a beautiful young woman
Caribbean, the African people and the lower body of a fish or more
brought with them their religions, commonly a mermaid. It is said that
customs, tales and stories. Because instead of the sea being her home,
the story was carried over by many she inhabits the many rivers in
types of West Africans, the story has Jamaica.
some degree of variation. It is said
