obeah

noun

1. a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
2. a fetish or charm used in practicing obeah.

noun

1. another word for obi 2

n.“sorcery, witchcraft” among blacks in Africa and the W.Indies, 1760, from a West African word, e.g. Efik (southern Nigeria) ubio “a thing or mixture left as a charm to cause sickness or death,” Twi ebayifo “witch, wizard, sorcerer.”