Culture
JUJU: What The Written Record Cannot Tell Us
What happens when the written record becomes mistaken for the beginning of a word? Using "JuJu" as the centre of a wider conversation, this opinion piece explores the limits of dictionaries, colonial archives and recorded etymology when examining cultures built through oral tradition, seafaring trade and centuries of human exchange. The question is not simply where did juju come from?
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