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Gris-gris (talisman)

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would often use the gris-gris against their owners and some can still be seen adorning their tombs. During this period, there were also reports of slaves cutting, drowning or otherwise manipulating the gris-gris of others in order to cause harm. Although in
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the best-known of those, a little over 40% of women reporting knowledge of it. Gris-gris are worn by a wide strata of society by everyone "from wrestlers to soldiers to housewives, and can feature anything from monkey to snake to mouse."
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African Muslims in Bondage: Realities, Memories, and Legacies, in Monuments of the Black Atlantic: History, Memory and Politics, Maria Diedrich, Joanne M. Braxton, eds. Hamburg: Lit Verlag, 2004: p. 83
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and parts of surrounding countries. The Dagbon kings have been Muslim since the 17th century. Originally the gris-gris was adorned with Islamic scripture and was used to ward off evil
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communities of Louisiana for some centuries and are looked upon favourably by the community. In the 1800s, gris-gris was used interchangeably in Louisiana to mean both
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The practice of using gris-gris, though originating in West Africa, came to the United States with enslaved Africans and was quickly adopted by practitioners of
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Lock, Helen (Spring 1993). ""A Man's Story Is His Gris-gris": Ishmael Reed's Neo-HooDoo Aesthetic and the African-American Tradition".
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Goldberg, Howard I.; Fara G. M'Bodji; Jay S. Friedman (December 1986). "Fertility and Family Planning In One Region of Senegal".
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Sexton, Rocky (October 1992). "Cajun and Creole Treaters: Magico-Religious Folk Healing in French Louisiana".
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However, the practice soon changed, and the gris-gris were thought to bring black magic upon their "victim".
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According to a 1982 survey, gris-gris were one of the top three methods of contraception known to women in
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Handloff, Robert E. (June–September 1982). "Prayers, Amulets, and Charms: Health and Social Control".
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Although the exact origins of the word are unknown, some historians trace the word back to the
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which has its origins in Voodoo. In this context, a gris-gris is meant to represent the self.
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meaning doll or play-thing. It has otherwise been attributed in scholarly sources to the
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which is believed to protect the wearer from evil or bring luck, and in some
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Deutsch, Leonard; Dave Peyton (Spring 1979). "Cajun Culture: An Interview".
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Newell, W. W. (1889). "Reports of Voodoo Worship in Hayti and Louisiana".
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Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association
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This article is about the Voodoo talisman. For other uses, see
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In spite of the negative connotations of gris-gris, so-called
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and several neighboring states that span present-day northern
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Touchstone, Blake (Autumn 1972). "Voodoo in New Orleans".
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Index

Gris gris (disambiguation)

Tuareg
/ˈɡrˌɡr/
Voodoo
amulet
West Africa
West African
birth control
small cloth bag

Yoruba
fetish
Mandingo
Dagomba people
Islamic
Kingdom of Dagbon
Ghana
djinn
Voodoo
Slaves
Haiti
Louisiana
Creole
Hoodoo
Senegal
pill
Haitian Vodou
Louisiana Voodoo
Mojo (African-American culture)

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