Talk:Juju

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Usage in popular culture

I've pulled the "usage in popular culture" section. Wikipedia does not exist to chronicle every instance where a particular word or phrase gets used. Editors interested in creating such a list should consider a Wiktionary:Concordance. Rossami (talk) 22:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I wish there were a way to include the use of this term in contemporary popular culture, because that is the interesting aspect of the term to me.Cogreg (talk) 00:00, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

JuJu Beans

If you ever stumble upon beans lying on the floor in your house don't be quick to get angry at another family member because of them. Stepping on them is irritating to the feet and is enough to cause discord in the house even if someone does not get falsely accused of spilling the beans. JuJu beans are used by the Witch to make families divided and fight. Watch out for this. Understand where these beans came from. Witchcraft has many manifestations. 99.148.199.5 (talk) 00:49, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

The information about "Juju beans" was added to this article by User:DH215. Jarble (talk) 18:39, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Juju

Chris Howse

Etymology

From the article it looks like the etymology is the French "game", but is it really? Not native West African? Illang (talk) 16:45, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

In the first paragraph, the line "The term has been applied to traditional African religions,[6]" references Augustus Ferryman, from 1898, which is especially outdated with respect to its assessment of Juju usage. At that point Anthropology was very biased against non-western subjects. Nearby in the text (p.394) subjects are referred to derogatorily as "uncivilized". I suggest removing this source and contents as it is obviously highly biased. I am not an anthropology expert, but I imagine better, more trusted sources could be found to describe historical usage that is more respectful/understanding of subjects. Vidoqo (talk) 21:15, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: ARH 371_The TransAtlantic_Cross-Cultural Representations

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2024 and 2 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Cdboone (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Izz chang (talk) 20:57, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Uncited somewhat extreme claim?

'Crimes have been committed (human trafficking being the most extreme and prominent example) while utilizing the practice.' Seems kinda... weird? It's not really saying anything about juju itself and it seems kind of like... exoticizing? It somewhat seems to imply that the human trafficking was because of juju or like, facilitated by it? Technically it doesn't make any really specific statement about that but there's definitely an implication there which... Like, you wouldn't expect an article on Christianity to say like 'Many convicted murderers were practicing Christians'. On top of the fact that there's no citation for the claim. 23.93.94.96 (talk) 23:27, 12 September 2025 (UTC)