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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 546 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JUJU , a See also:

West See also:African word held by some authorities to be a corruption of See also:Mandingo gru-gru, a See also:charm. It is more generally believed to have been adapted by the Mandingos directly from Fr. joujou, a See also:toy or plaything. The word, as used by Europeans on the See also:Guinea See also:coast, was originally applied to the See also:objects which it was supposed the negroes worshipped, and was transferred from the objects themselves to the See also:spirits or gods who dwelt in them, and finally to the whole religious beliefs of the West Africans. It is currently used in each of these senses, and more loosely to indicate all the See also:manners and customs of the negroes of the Guinea coast, particularly the See also:power of See also:interdiction exercised in the name of spirits (see See also:FETISHISM and See also:TABOO).

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