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Bound by blood: new film highlights Jamaica’s outlawed obeah belief system
Stew Peas focuses on obeah, an enduring African magic practice in Jamaica banned by colonisers in the 1700s A new movie from award-winning Jamaican film-maker Sosiessia Nixon shines a spotlight on Jamaica’s enduring west African-based…
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A new film, Stew Peas, is drawing attention to Jamaica's outlawed obeah belief system. Obeah, a west African-based magic and spiritual healing tradition, has been banned in Jamaica since the 1700s by colonizers.
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