Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System

De: Katrina Hazzard-Donald

Narrado por: Sharell Palmer

In this book, Katrina Hazzard-Donald explores African Americans' experience and practice of the herbal, healing folk belief tradition known as Hoodoo. Working against conventional scholarship, Hazzard-Donald argues that Hoodoo emerged first in three distinct regions she calls "regional Hoodoo clusters" and that after the turn of the 19th century, Hoodoo took on a national rather than regional profile. The first interdisciplinary examination to incorporate a full glossary of Hoodoo culture, Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System lays out the movement of Hoodoo against a series of watershed changes in the American cultural landscape.

Throughout, Hazzard-Donald distinguishes between "Old tradition Black Belt Hoodoo" and commercially marketed forms that have been controlled, modified, and often fabricated by outsiders; this study focuses on the hidden system operating almost exclusively among African Americans in the Black spiritual underground.

The book is published by University of Illinois Press.

©2013 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (P)2018 Redwood Audiobooks

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Mojo Workin' is a key contribution to the study of Hoodoo in America, with some energizing new ideas about its origins, early expression, and broader religious aspects." (Journal of American Folklore)

"A valuable contribution to the growing number of volumes concerned with African-based traditional spiritual beliefs in the New World." (American Studies)

"A significant contribution to the literature of African-based traditions in the United States." (Religious Studies Review)

Loved everything about it!

I loved listening to this audio book! So many stories about the culture and history !

Wow!!

Im nearly speechless. i will definitely be ordering a hard copy of this book. It will be my old tradition black belt Hoodoo BIBLE!! My favorite moment was High John responding to the "Becky." I'll leave it at that lol. I so enjoyed this.

Great research, no rites or spells though❗️😣

This was a great scholarly research on the origins of the Hoodoo discipline. I must say I was hoping that it had actual rites or something specific for use. Since I started out learning from Lucky Mojo I was surprised by the this author being at odds against them. It was definitely a great read for insight on the history and how things became the way they are.

Dr. Katrina Hazzard-Donald brought up some good points of reference and I really appreciate the research that has gone in to this work. I would have like led to have had more insights in the craft itself. I did grow up in the black belt area of the south east and so a lot of this resonated.

Highly Recommend

This was very well done, insightful, and true! The author is an initiate of ATR, which adds to the credit and benefit of the story and reflective nature of thw practices explained.

So much good information.

Love love love this book. There is so much good information and historical references. I really could relate to some examples. Other things were completely new to me. The one thing that distracted me was the readers mispronunciation of the African Orishas and tribes. Otherwise this was a great book.

A great read

I learned so much from this book! Extremely interesting and fact filled book of Black Hoodoo history.

more books about hoodo and atr By black writers!!

we need more books about atr non fiction by black writers. please. there is so much detail in here about american history that was convoniently brushed off and never mentioned. like hoodoo was the begining and end and catoloist for slave rebelions. there should have been a chapter in our txt books about slave rebelions but i am learning about them now. right now. what a peice of our countries history to blow off. 2. im blown away at thinking about how black people used hoodoo to litterally get by. our ansestors had nothing. im astounded at how little resourses freed people had ...its a new perspective of my people THRIVED AND SERVIVED in the earlier times of this country. the point of this books is they had power foundation in faith and their aincent religion. amazing. black people are amazing.

I love it.

I Loved it.😍 This is a great book. I love the narrator's voice. #Facts #Knowledge #Showinglove #Teachourkidsbetter

AWESOME!

Everyone who ever thinks about indulging in Hoodoo should read this . Hoodoo serves as an historic memoire in how our enslaved ancestors dealt with and engaged with the world around them; There is NOTHING in Hoodoo that can be discussed, taught , or performed without African enslaved; I was able to help my Dad understand my Grandfathers beliefs & how and & why he practiced Hoodoo ; This information has helped him tremendously especially due to the fear that was instilled African American community as far as our beliefs and spirituality

Very Thorough Research

You can tell that a lot of effort was put into writing this book. The facts AND the hypothesis were presented very well. My only gripe is that there were a few instances where the editing was lacking, leading to a bit of repetitive line delivery.