juju

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  1. noun An object used as a fetish, a charm, or an amulet in West Africa.
  2. noun The supernatural power ascribed to such an object.
  3. noun A style of Nigerian popular music featuring electric guitars and traditional drums.

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  • Juice as in au jus, juju, power, liquor, electricity.
  • When the troops entered the towns they found juju-houses everywhere, and in almost every home were rude images smeared with the blood of sacrifice. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
  • They sat on the ground in a semicircle in the shade of a giant cotton tree, suspicious and hostile, listening to the terms of the Government, which included disarmament, the suppression of the juju-worship, and the prohibition of the buying, pawning, and selling of slaves. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
  • “God is stronger than juju,” said Onoyom, and went out with a following to attack it. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
  • Next morning they returned and knelt down and prayed that God would show Himself stronger than juju, and then, hacking at the trunk with increased vigour, they soon brought it to earth. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Hausa jūjū, fetish, evil spirit.

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  1. West African; perhaps not native, but a repetition of the Portuguese deus, God (cf. joss).
 

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