Tanım
•a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas
Etimoloji
Uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The Oxford English Dictionary points to Igbo abià (“knowledge, wisdom”), obìa (“doctor, healer”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and Sranan Tongo obia.