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From black sorcerers' client-based practices in the antebellum South to the postmodern revival of hoodoo and its tandem spiritual supply stores, the supernatural has long been a key component of the African American experience. What began as a mixture of African, European, and Native American influences within slave communities finds expression today in a multimillion dollar business. In Conjure in African American Society, Jeffrey E. Anderson unfolds a fascinating story that traces the origins and evolution of conjuring practices across the centuries.Anderson, Jeffrey is the author of 'Conjure in African American Society', published 2007 under ISBN 9780807133484 and ISBN 0807133485.
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