Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System Art & Culture These essays show

These essays show

suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate

and grief as an entry point into understanding the tragic course of her mother’s life and the way her own life has been shaped by a legacy of fierce love and resilience

in childlike observations of parental Black love

It’s all about blood

Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System Art & Culture These essays showA 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 she calls "regional