Research

  • How do we overcome colonial sources and narratives that impact the ideas we have around Obeah practices?

    By examining published literature and government documents we gain a full scope of the formal colonial perspective and the general public narrative. It is important to look at these types of sources because we can recognise the colonial ideas, and see the experiences of the enslaved in such a system. I argue that these sources…

  • The academic discussion of Obeah

    This article will show the discussion by scholars about Obeah practices as a focus point of Caribbean culture and history. This is important to recognise where the discussion started, how it has developed, and how I will be adding to understanding of Obeah in the history of the Caribbean. The discussion of Obeah practices started…

  • Why is it important to talk about medicine knowledge and faith from the Caribbean?

    I believe that a way to explore the daily life and culture of enslaved people of the Caribbean is through their knowledge and faith. This source of knowledge has roots in West Africa, and shaped by the experience of enslavement and colonisation. There are similarities that can drawn between Caribbean culture and cultures around the…

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Welcome to the dedicated area of the internet to Caribbean natural medical history and Caribbean literature. Here, I invite you to join me on a journey of expanding our expertise of Caribbean knowledge and culture. Working outside of Western norms of knowledge and expression.

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