Why the latest "Little Mermaid," played by Halle Bailey, is just one in a long line of Black mermaids. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

A “mermaid” nearly drowned in an aquarium after her tail got stuck on some coral. The incident, which happened on Nov 25 at the Randburg Shopping Mall in South Africa, was captured on video ...

A quick thinking professional mermaid was seconds from disaster after her tail became stuck at the bottom of a massive aquarium tank in a South Africa shopping mall on Saturday.

Africa: A Long and Fishy Tail - Before Disney's Little Mermaid, These Creatures Existed in Mythologies From Around the World. 28 May 2023. The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) ...

Local sport Sport Mermaiding in South Africa is growing rapidly Jenet Rudman said that with the creation of the Mermagic Festival and the South African Merlympics, they have seen a great deal of ...

Zandile Ndhlovu, the country’s first black female freediving instructor, is on a mission to change long-held attitudes and teach young people to feel at home in the sea ...

Stories about mermaids aren't exclusive to Western fairytales. Long before Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" was published in 1837, there were Black mermaids in West African folklore.

South Africa's first Black female free-diving instructor Zandi, aka "The Black Mermaid," is making sure kids worldwide can discover the wonders of the sea with her new children's book, "Zandi's ...

“Mermaid stories,” she writes, “have been told throughout the African continent for millenniums. Mermaids are not just part of the imagination, either, but a part of the living culture.” ...

In 2020, she qualified as South Africa’s first certified black free dive instructor through the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. Presently, she can hold her breath for four ...