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On the Early Use and Origin of the Term ‘Obeah’ in Barbados and the Anglophone Caribbean
2001 (J. S. Handler and K. M. Bilby), On the Early Use and Origin of the Term ‘Obeah’ in Barbados and the Anglophone Caribbean. Slavery & Abolition 22:87-100. The medicinal complex of Barbadian (and other Caribbean slaves) fundamentally rested on … Continue reading