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Spiritual Traditions

Hoodoo

Era of slavery to present

Continental North America, especially African American communities in the United States

African American spiritual tradition, also called conjure or rootwork, developed by enslaved people from Central and West African practices interwoven with Christian and European elements, used for healing, protection and divination.

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Kongo Mangaaka power figure (nkisi nkondi), ca. 1880-1900; Kongo minkisi are a root of African American conjure
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and other Gifts, 2008. License: Public domain (Met Open Access, CC0).

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Sources

  1. National Park Service, "Hoodoo in St. Louis: An African American Religious Tradition" (Primary source)
  2. Yvonne P. Chireau, Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition (2003), Smithsonian Libraries catalog record (Scholarly)
  3. Carolyn Morrow Long, 64 Parishes (Encyclopedia of Louisiana), "Voudou" (Scholarly)
  4. PBS, Ritual, "Uncovering the Power of Hoodoo: An Ancestral Journey" (Reference)

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