Black magic
Subtitle: religion and the African American conjuring tradition
By: Yvonne P. Chireau.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley,  Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: African Americans -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Our religion and superstition was all mixed up" : conjure, Christianity and African American supernatural traditions; title: "Africa was a land a' magic power since de beginnin' a history" : old world sources of conjuring traditions; title: "Folks can do yuh lots of harm" : African American supernatural harming traditions; title: "Medical doctors can't do you no good" : conjure and African American traditions of healing; title: "We all believed in hoodoo" : conjure and Black American cultural traditions.