Hoodoo Heritage Month

A popular podcast on Hoodoo Heritage and Culture

October is Hoodoo Heritage Month. Hoodoo Heritage Month is a celebration of the Hoodoo tradition. It involves the veneration of ancestors and honoring spirituals traditions and ancestors. Hoodoo is a spiritual system/religion with roots in Africa. It was practiced by enslaved Africans and their descendants. The practice includes working with roots, herbs, and spirits as well as set of beliefs and rituals. Hoodoo is practiced primarily in the Southern United States.

Origin/History

African American Hoodoo: More Than Magic (Futurity, 1/4/2013)

https://www.futurity.org/african-american-hoodoo-more-than-magic/

An Introduction to Hoodoo (Cosmopolitan, 10/21/2020)

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a34115081/hoodoo-vs-voodoo-facts-history/

Hoodoo Is a Spiritual Practice with Its Own History (Yahoo News, 9/28/2020)

https://news.yahoo.com/hoodoo-spiritual-practice-own-history-200400014.html

I Reconnected to Blackness Through Hoodoo (Wear Your Voice, 6/15/17)

https://wearyourvoicemag.com/reconnecting-blackness-hoodoo/

What Hoodoo Is and what Hoodoo isn’t (Youtube, October 6, 2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYOyy2NeU14

Practice

Intro to Hoodoo (My UMBC, 4/23/2020)

https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/womenscenter/posts/92522

Learn the Fundamentals of Rootwork—Sen Elias, The Hoodoo Man (Youtube, 10/17/2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QzOit03Q88

Playing Card Divination Le Co Meadows: The Hoodoo Queen (Youtube, 4/9/2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THRdAHn_hIo

Divination Abilities/The Hoodoo Queen (Youtube, 4/23/2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8oKVeiNiV0

Celebration

MamaRue (Tumblr, 10/28/2020)

https://mamaruehh.tumblr.com/post/188729401008/on-this-last-day-of-hoodoo-heritage-month-we

Hoodoo & Good Juju Blog ( 10/28/2020)

https://hoodoogoodjuju.com/blogs/hoodoo

Stephanie Rose Bird. 365 Days of Hoodoo: Daily Rootwork, Mojo and Conjuration. New York: Llewellyn Publications, 2018

https://www.amazon.com/365-Days-Hoodoo-Rootwork-Conjuration/dp/073874784

Stephanie Rose. Sticks, Stones, Roots, Bones. Hoodoo, Mojo, Conjuring with Herbs. New York: Llewellyn Publications, 2004

https://www.amazon.com/Sticks-Stones-Roots-Bones-Conjuring/dp/07387027578

Podcast

Mama Rue’s Ancestral Musings (Apple Podcast)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mama-rues-ancestral-musings/id1498205529

A Little JuJu Podcast (Apple Podcast)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-little-juju-podcast/id1444197888

Millennial Soul Food (Podcast)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/millennial-soul-food/id1506840626

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