Most people in most places, past and present, have seen magic as a part of life: potentially dangerous but certainly efficacious, an essential, everyday means of getting things done. A good-luck charm ...

I assume people in the Lowcountry are at least vaguely familiar with the terms voodoo and hoodoo, but few really understand either, much less their differences. Until recently I had no clue, but that ...

Ginseng has been used in my family for generations, but I still had many questions about the botanical. Where did it come from? Is it rooted in any African American traditions? For many African ...