Louis Moyston. In passing the judgment in a recent court case in Montego Bay, St James, the judge suggested Bible reading for a man found guilty of practising Obeah. I was amazed at the judgment ...

I told him that Obeah is not a religion, but instead it is a ‘catch-all term’ used in reference to any ritual from a wide cross section of spiritual traditions, which are regarded as evil.

Jamaica’s very religious population has a hidden religion: Obeah, similar to Haiti’s Vodou (voodoo). This practice of magic, both good and evil, and witchcraft was brought to Jamaica by West African ...

African Journal of Gender and Religion Vol. 30, No. 1, July 2024 “[Obeah] Ọbịa by Igbo Spelling”: Affirming the Value of After God is Dibịa by John A. Umeh This is the metadata section. Skip to ...

The local religions of the beautiful islands of the Caribbean, from voodoo in Haiti to obeah in Jamaica and santería in Cuba, provide valuable cultural and historical information about the Caribbean.