Joe Carstairs
Bad Gays
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Obea in the Bahamas
On cat island, as in haiti, the most powerful obea people fly on tuesday and friday nights. They have fire in their tails when flying, like a ball of fire. Abert was banned across the caribbean by colonists fearful of black people's use these religious and cultural practices for and to coordinate resistance. This kind of religion was a form of slave resistance. Obea there is very drastically suppressed by law, and is therefore difficult to know. A study at the outer islands would give much more material. The early carabbean digital archive, which is run by nicol aljo and elizabeth madk dillon, is linked in the show notes.
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