The exhibit presented a thorough examination of the phenomenon of “Obeah” from a different perspective to the view of the Western colonizer. It highlighted the true nature of the practice and its cultural and religious and even political value to the societies where it was practiced. Being a crucial means of emancipation for the enslaved, voiceless, and less fortunate components of society, “Obeah” or as it was referred to in the exhibit, “magical art of resistance”, provided both its practitioners and beneficiaries with power and hope to face and challenge the circumstances they were living in. The contributors of this work provided a highly organized scholarly work which included most of the needed knowledge regarding Obeah. They also tried to tackle the majority of the aspects that were linked to the practice such as gender, law, science, religion. Moreover, the way the work was presented made it easier for the reader to understand and relate Obeah to all the elements related to it since it was presented in an academically structured manner.
For the learning process to be effective, it is always extremely important to have a clear and structured way to approach it, and there is no denying that this exhibit made it very easily approachable for the learners to grasp the presented elements. They also were very informative concerning the contributors and the works they used in their exhibit, which gave the work more value. However, I noticed that the contributors and the bibliography relied mostly on works that represented one side of the writers. They did not include other works or other viewpoints, which would allow the reader to also have an idea about the other not very positive aspects of “Obeah”, or at least be able to make a contrast or comparison between the two opposite viewpoints. Other than this, I believe that the exhibit is a very reliable source of high importance for the learners and also whoever wants to rely on it for any purpose. It has an academic structure.