066. African Diaspora Conjuring Practices in Popular Culture

Dr. Margarita Guillory, associate professor of religion at BU, shares her knowledge about the history of African diaspora conjuring practices, how they are and have been portrayed in popular culture, and how Black millennials and younger generations are practicing witchcraft digitally. Dr. Maria DeBlassie co-hosts. This conversation lays the groundwork for next episode, in which Maria and I build on what we learned from Margarita to discuss Black witches in contemporary romance.

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Guest: Dr. Margarita Guillory

CV | BU faculty page | The Atlantic article on Black Millennials, Dr. Guillory quoted

Co-Host on this episode: Dr. Maria DeBlassie

Twitter | Instagram | Website | Maria on episode 041 of Shelf Love: The Kiss Quotient

Notes:

• The Atlantic Article: The Witches of Baltimore Young black women are leaving Christianity and embracing African witchcraft in digital covens.

• Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition First Edition by Yvonne P. Chireau

• Hoodoo in America by Zora Neale Hurston

• Dr. Anthony Pinn - Terror in Triumph

• James Cone, founder of Black Liberation Theology

• Black womanist scholars: Katie Cannon and Emily Townes, Stephanie Mitchem

• Azealia Banks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SOXS9f5UDg

• Princess Nokia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUcAPCxrSQs

• BbyMutha: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bbymutha-muthaland/

• American Horror Story - The Coven

• Marie Laveau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau