"baka" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1969, Milo Rigaud, Secrets of Voodoo, page 83",
          "text": "A person has only to serve the baka incorrectly to have it turn against its owner and do him irremediable harm by reason of the very duality of its composition.",
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        "(voodoo) An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal."
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