Obeah
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Practitioners of Obeah, a belief system from the Gold Coast, for instance, believed that spirits and magical objects could “help bring about desired outcomes” such as “healing, protection, recovery, threat, and harm.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Starting from Kingston, the photographer Naila Ruechel charted a course through the rich mix of Christian and Afro-centric traditions, from Obeah to the Revival church to Rastafarianism.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023
The Obeah Stakes was the first career stakes victory for the New York-bred conditioned by Juan Carlos Guerrero.
From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2020
Tacky himself was said to have been given the power to capture bullets in his hands and, like the Obeah men, was supposed to be safe from harm by any white man.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020
On the scramble down the bank Obeah had taken them through a thick stand of cockleburs.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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