TWO scholars examining Jamaica’s Obeah Law from different perspectives have agreed that the legislation is fundamentally flawed and lacks a clear definition of the practice it seeks to criminalise.
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 ...
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Jamaican church leaders push back against efforts to legalize spiritual practice of 'obeah'
Christian leaders in Jamaica are voicing strong opposition to a campaign to repeal the nation’s Obeah Act, warning that legalizing the folk spiritual practice would open the door to “confusion” and ...
Within Afro-Jamaica religions, “science” is used as descriptor for traditional medicinal knowledge, ritual practices, and spirituality. Practitioners of Obeah, Myal, and other Afrocentric spiritual ...
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