Mama's Mojo: A Mother's Guide to Hoodoo and Rootwork

Mama’s Mojo is the stepping-stone to womanhood with a tradi-tional African American perspective through spirituality and prac-ticality.It should give any female the tools to begin her journey, not justregarding the spiritual, but also the mundane. We have to get backto the space of “it takes a village.” We have to not only acknowledgethe space of the divine feminine, but also the role of the woman inthe African American community.The term “Mama” was not a title that was thrown aroundloosely. It is greatly respected, and, historically, “Mama” was givento the black women who were mamas to their own children, as wellas to the white children they were taking care of. It’s exclusivelymeant for the black woman who does the work: nurturing, teaching,gathering information, etc. This book also provides not only thatspace of respect for the mama, but respect for the work: midwives,doulas, etc. She nurtures through spiritual situations, but she feedsso many bellies at the same time.It is important to know that using nature to heal has been goingon for a very long time, but, now, it is getting a new birth. More andmore people are getting into it, but the information that we havenow is not by people who look like us. It is not their lineage. Ourchildren need to be able to pick up a book and learn about them-selves from us.