Mojo Workin’: The Old African American Hoodoo System

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

“The book presents possibilities for reassessing some misunderstood aspects of the African American religious experience. It is with a profound respect for Hoodoo as a living practice that Hazzard-Donald brings a kind of moral authority to her scholarship. In so doing she also distills many of the polarizing dynamics present in Hoodoo-Conjure communities today.”–Nova Religio

 

“Hazzard-Donald set out to demonstrate the need to include African American Hoodoo in the study of African American religion in the New World.  The search she presents in her work clearly validates the belief that there is a strong connection between African American Hoodoo and African American religion. . . . The author provides a great deal of research and analysis that is sure to aid scholars, students, and enthusiasts.”–Journal of Folklore Research

 

“Hazzard-Donald’s formulation of Hoodoo’s evolution represents a new chronology for its study and transformation over time. It’s a valuable contribution to the growing number of volumes concerned with African-based traditional spiritual beliefs in the New World.”–American Studies

“This tradition has been little studied especially within the fields of religious studies. Instead it has been left to anthropologists, sociologists, and certain popular cultural reports to present what have been incomplete and often offensive materials. This work has done an exemplary job of correcting that lacuna… A significant contribution to the literature of African-based traditions in the United States.” —Religious Studies Review