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.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African diasporic religion
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Afro-Caribbean spiritual practice → folk religion → magical practice → |
| associatedWith |
counter-magic
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divination → healing → protection → resistance to colonial oppression → spirit communication → |
| centralFigure |
Obeah man
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Obeah woman → |
| criminalizedIn |
Barbados during British colonial rule
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Jamaica during British colonial rule → Trinidad and Tobago during British colonial rule → |
| hasCulturalContext |
Afro-Caribbean communities
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| hasHistoricalRole |
form of resistance among enslaved Africans in the Caribbean
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tool for organizing slave rebellions → |
| hasOrigin |
West African spiritual traditions
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| hasReputationFor |
both benevolent and malevolent magic
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| hasThemeIn |
Caribbean folklore
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Caribbean literature → Caribbean music → |
| influencedBy |
European folk magic
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West African cosmologies → indigenous Caribbean practices → |
| perceivedAs |
threat by colonial authorities
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| practicedIn |
Bahamas
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Barbados NERFINISHED → Belize NERFINISHED → Eastern Caribbean islands → Guyana → Jamaica → Trinidad and Tobago → |
| relatedTo |
Haitian Vodou
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Myal → Obeah man stereotype in Caribbean literature → Pocomania → Santería → |
| subjectOf |
anthropological studies of Caribbean religion
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postcolonial historical research → |
| subjectTo |
colonial legal suppression
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| transmittedBy |
apprenticeship to experienced practitioners
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oral tradition → |
| uses |
charms and talismans
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herbal remedies → incantations → ritual objects → |
| viewedAs |
form of witchcraft by some Christian groups
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Afro-Caribbean religions
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includes |