Blue roots
Subtitle: African-American folk magic of the Gullah people
By: Roger Pinckney.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Sandlapper Pub. Co.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Orangeburg, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Gullahs -- Folklore.; African American magic -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island.; Voodooism -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island.; Folklore -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-143) and index.
Table of contents: value: An introduction; value: Out of Africa; value: God's people in Babylon; value: The power of the root; value: A familiarity with spirits; value: Remedies, cures, bad luck and good; value: A tale of two doctors; value: Why it works; value: A village of believers; value: Afterword: searching for Dr. Buzzard.