Or, “This month has had all kinds of problems. Hmm, I wonder if somebody working de Laurence or Obeah on mi.” Or, “I need to solve this nagging cough. Doctors not able to cure mi, and the priest at ...

In the wake of the decriminalisation of some usages of ganja (cannabis sativa) and the acceptance of it by the powers that be in the Rastafarian religion as a sacrament, one would have thought that ...

The slave Tituba, the first person to be accused during the notorious Salem witch trials, is a hotly debated historical figure: Under duress this shadowy 17th-century woman quickly confessed to ...

A hypnotizingly rhythmic a capella retelling of the Salem witch trials, from the perspective of the Caribbean slave women who experienced it. Obeah Opera is a hand-clapping, foot-stomping, ...

I was fascinated by a February 22 front page Tribune article titled “Sacrilege.” The article was about the alleged desecration of several graves at the Spikenard Graveyard off Cowpen Road. What I ...

Haviah Mighty’s “Obeah” explores the spirituality of that Caribbean practice — describing the bad energy one might catch from a jealous friend. A true storyteller, Mighty introduces the listener to a ...