Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System

by Katrina Hazzard-Donald

Book Overview

A bold reconsideration of Hoodoo belief and practice

Katrina Hazzard-Donald explores African Americans' experience and practice of the herbal, healing folk belief tradition known as Hoodoo. She examines Hoodoo culture and history by tracing its emergence from African traditions to religious practices in the Americas. Working against conventional scholarship, Hazzard-Donald argues that Hoodoo emerged first in three distinct regions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252078764
• ISBN13: 9780252078767
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"