Blue roots : African-American folk magic of the Gullah people / Roger Pinckney.
2003
GR111.A47 P56 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
Blue roots : African-American folk magic of the Gullah people / Roger Pinckney.
Author
Pinckney, Roger, 1946-
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780878441686 paperback alkaline paper
0878441689 paperback alkaline paper
0878441689 paperback alkaline paper
Publication Details
Orangeburg, S.C. : Sandlapper Pub. Co., c2003.
Language
English
Description
148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
GR111.A47 P56 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
398/.09757/59
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-143) and index.
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Table of Contents
An introduction
Out of Africa
God's people in Babylon
The power of the root
A familiarity with spirits
Remedies, cures, bad luck and good
A tale of two doctors
Why it works
A village of believers
Afterword: searching for Dr. Buzzard.
Out of Africa
God's people in Babylon
The power of the root
A familiarity with spirits
Remedies, cures, bad luck and good
A tale of two doctors
Why it works
A village of believers
Afterword: searching for Dr. Buzzard.