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Gris-gris means An African, or Afro-American, charm or talisman..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
An African, or Afro-American, charm or talisman..
A horn, or rude image, is sometimes made use of as a means of preserving the medicines of defense, and is worn as an amulet. These images, horns, or other articles, called greegrees, or jeujeus, are not held sacred for a moment after the medicine is found to have lost its power […].
The Bambara were not Muslim, but they knew how to make gris-gris.
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Gris-gris means An African, or Afro-American, charm or talisman..
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A horn, or rude image, is sometimes made use of as a means of preserving the medicines of defense, and is worn as an amulet. These images, horns, or other articles, called greegrees, or jeujeus, are not held sacred for a moment after the medicine is found to have lost its power […].
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