Campaigners say the Obeah Act in Jamaica was born out of colonial fear and control and must be changed to stop the practice being criminalised Christian congregations across Jamaica have rallied ...
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 ...
More than a century after the Obeah Act of 1898 made the practice illegal, Obeah remains one of Jamaica’s most polarising issues. Last week, Christian groups warned that legalising it would unleash ...
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.” — Marcus Garvey Jamaica is thought of as a Christian nation, yet many of us turn to sources ...
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