A new film titled 'Stew Peas' highlights Jamaica's Obeah tradition, an African-based magic and spiritual healing practice banned by colonizers in the 1700s.

<p>Stew Peas focuses on obeah, an enduring African magic practice in Jamaica banned by colonisers in the 1700s</p><p>A new movie from award-winning Jamaican film-maker Sosiessia Nixon shines a spotlight on Jamaica’s enduring west African-based magic and spiritual healing tradition known as obeah.</p><p>Nixon’s tense, feature-length suspense, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42iXg3kn490">Stew Peas</a>, tells of the story of Jamaican detective Tessa, who is obsessed with an old murder case...