Obeah, Vodou and the Banned Spirits of the Caribbean: The Hidden War on Black Religion

April 23, 2026 00:14:09
Obeah, Vodou and the Banned Spirits of the Caribbean: The Hidden War on Black Religion
History of the Caribbeans | Exploring Resilience and Culture
Obeah, Vodou and the Banned Spirits of the Caribbean: The Hidden War on Black Religion

Apr 23 2026 | 00:14:09

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Show Notes

This episode dives deep into the outlawed spiritual and mystical traditions of the Caribbean — Obeah, Vodou, Santería, Shango and Revival — and exposes how colonial powers tried to criminalize Black religion while never truly understanding it. We follow the story from slave plantations in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and Trinidad, through brutal Obeah laws and missionary campaigns, to the survival of Afro‑Caribbean spirituality in modern culture and the global Black diaspora.

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