Mami Wata | Neo Animism - Luck Is Alive from dakar Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 81 sec
✓ Published: 31-Mar-2022

Description:
Luck Is Alive tells the story of an African surfer who is a believer in Animism, a sensibility prevalent among surfers throughout Africa. Animism is based on the idea that everything is sentient: that inanimate objects, plants, animals or even entities such as the ocean have a spirit or a soul, often in the sense of having ‘personhood’. nThe film demonstrates an animistic sensibility through the concept of luck. The line, ‘Luck is Alive’, encapsulates this way of relating to the world: a