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Isaiah Oke
Isaiah Oke (born c. 1940) was a Nigerian shaman called a “babalowa” who eventually rejected sorcery and became the subject of a 1989 autobiographical book titled ''Blood Secrets'', as told to Joe Wright.
== Early years ==
Isaiah Oke was born in the village of Ils-Ilen, Nigeria into a family of well-known witchdoctors, or “shamans”. His grandfather was a high-ranking shaman, known as a “babalorisha”, and Isaiah was raised to take his place some day and preserve his legacy. In the book ''Blood Secrets'', Oke details his ordeals as part of his training, beginning at age 10, in which he had to allow a (defanged) poisonous snake to crawl on him while nude, among other ordeals. His grandfather sent Oke to school to learn to read and write, in order that he might write down the rituals and spells of Ju Ju so that they wouldn’t be lost. Upon entering adulthood, Oke was initiated as a babalawo, and was required to wear a thong-like undergarment 24 hours a day without ever being allowed to take it off during his lifetime. Oke was very feared and revered among the people of his village. Oke claimed even his own father was afraid to look him directly in the eye, fearing his supposed magic powers.
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