“Hoodoo” is an article written in Wikipedia, which is trademark of the Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. Wikipedia also is a free encyclopedia available on the internet. The article was written on June 28, 2006. “Hoodoo” can be found at En.wikipedia.org.
In the article “Hoodoo,” is explains that hoodoo is the traditional folk magic practiced by Africans. The term hoodoo comes from the Ewe word Hudu. The article explains that hoodoo can be also known as conjuration, conjure, witchcraft, or rootwork. A characteristic of hoodoo is a small bag called a mojo. This bag contains herbs, roots, coins, often a lodestone, and other things used for magic. It is also said that hoodoo is passed from family member to family member. Hoodoo is often used to improve lives by gaining power in gambling, love, divination, cursing a person’s enemies, treatment for diseases, employment, and necromancy.
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The reason why I chose to use this article was because I felt it had a lot of information about hoodoo. It provided information on where it came from, who practices it, what it’s used for, and how it’s used. It also goes further into detail on what people use to do hoodoo, this gives me a better understanding on how the magic is done.
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