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Central Europe, Netherlands Ella Rozett Central Europe, Netherlands Ella Rozett

Handel

Our Lady of Handel shares many Black Madonna leitmotifs: a sacred tree, healing water, miraculous origins, and Heaven using animals to communicate its will. The abundant waters of the miraculous source merge into a stream one can wade into.

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Africa, Rwanda Africa, Rwanda

Rwanda, Kibeho

When fans of the Black Madonna fall into a reverse kind of racism by appreciating only Black Madonnas while disparaging white ones, they would do well to remember Our Lady of Kibeho…

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North America, USA Ella Rozett North America, USA Ella Rozett

Miami

This Black Madonna is a copy of Our Lady of Regla in Havana, Cuba and in Chipiona, Spain. The original is said to have been carved in the 5th century by St. Augustin following instructions from angels.

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North America, USA Ella Rozett North America, USA Ella Rozett

Austin, Texas

The Black Madonna of Austin, Texas was comissioned around 2005 by an African priest of the predominantely black Holy Cross Catholic parish with strong black activist roots in that city. She was sculpted by the white artist Jim Thomas.

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