Obeah
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Obeah is a system of Afro-Caribbean spiritual and magical practices rooted in West African traditions, often associated with healing, protection, and resistance to colonial oppression.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obeah canonical | 3 |
| Obeah (folk practice) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African diasporic religion
ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean spiritual practice ⓘ folk religion ⓘ magical practice ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
counter-magic
ⓘ
divination ⓘ healing ⓘ protection ⓘ resistance to colonial oppression ⓘ spirit communication ⓘ |
| centralFigure |
Obeah man
ⓘ
Obeah woman ⓘ |
| criminalizedIn |
Barbados during British colonial rule
ⓘ
Jamaica during British colonial rule ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago during British colonial rule ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Afro-Caribbean communities ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
form of resistance among enslaved Africans in the Caribbean
ⓘ
tool for organizing slave rebellions ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | West African spiritual traditions ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor | both benevolent and malevolent magic ⓘ |
| hasThemeIn |
Caribbean folklore
ⓘ
Caribbean literature ⓘ Caribbean music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European folk magic
ⓘ
West African cosmologies ⓘ indigenous Caribbean practices ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | threat by colonial authorities ⓘ |
| practicedIn |
Bahamas
ⓘ
Barbados ⓘ Belize ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Caribbean islands
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form:
Guyana
Jamaica ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Haitian Vodou
ⓘ
Myal ⓘ Obeah man stereotype in Caribbean literature ⓘ Pocomania ⓘ Santería ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
anthropological studies of Caribbean religion
ⓘ
postcolonial historical research ⓘ |
| subjectTo | colonial legal suppression ⓘ |
| transmittedBy |
apprenticeship to experienced practitioners
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| uses |
charms and talismans
ⓘ
herbal remedies ⓘ incantations ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ |
| viewedAs | form of witchcraft by some Christian groups ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Obeah (folk practice)