May 4, 2021
Cuba has Santeria.
Brazil has Candomblé.
Jamaica still practices Obeah.
All are African religions brought by the more than 4 million people stolen from their homes to be slaves in the Caribbean during the 15th and 16th centuries.
University of Miami senior Kay-Ann Henry, who was born in Jamaica, decided to explore the ways that those enslaved people used the Obeah practices to try to liberate themselves.
Source: Student focuses research on Obeah, a religion used by Jamaican slaves - News@TheU