obeah
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Noun — A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.
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Etymology
Uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The Oxford English Dictionary points to Igbo abià (“knowledge, wisdom”), obìa (“doctor, healer”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and Sranan Tongo obia.
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