Just A Blog

There is not one certain story of the origin of the religion Obeah. No historical documents record the progress of obeah across the globe and there are many conflicting opinions on the subject. The only primary sources of Obeah that modern historians have are Colonialists fear of the magic the Obeah possess. What I have wrote about seems to be the most “popular” explanation of how Obeah spread. Obeah originated as a term used by the Igbo tribe in Nigeria. As members of the tribe were enslaved the were transported across the globe to the West Indies and other places where labor was needed, the term evolved to describe religious practices developed among enslaved Igbo West Africans. Obeah is similar to many other Afro-American religions like Haitian Vodou, Santería, and Hoodoo. Today Obeah is practiced in The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, The Virgin Islands, Caribbean nations, and by the Igbo peop...

                French courts are presided over by Judges called Magistrats. Magistrats are overly qualified professionals who have went through rigorous training. Today, all Magistrats graduate from the postgraduate School of Magistrature. A French Magistrat is not at all the same as a Magistrate in the English legal system. Only French citizens are considered for a position as a Magistrat because it is seen as a civil servant position. Procedures for the appointing or otherwise modifying a Magistrats position vary depending on whether it is for the judicial, administrative, or audit court stream. Judicial appointments must be approved by a special panel, the High Council of the Judiciary, made up of other judges. Once appointed, judges serve for life and cannot be removed without proceedings conducted before the Council with due process.            ...