That will be quite a shock to Dr. Mark Leone, the head of the Archaeology in
Annapolis program and past head of the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Maryland, especially as he's always worked closely with the
local African-American community.  You would have thought someone might have
pointed out that he was being rude, but apparently no one did.

On 8/24/06, Carl Steen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 8/24/2006 9:39:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> Hoodoo  is simply the Mid-Atlantic variant of the magics practiced by
> enslaved  Africans throughout Mid-Atlantic and Southern America.   You're
> probably more familiar with the terms "voodoo" or "voudoun".   For more
> information you can check Wikipedia, which for once seems to have  it
> right:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo
>
>
> I don't believe "Hoodoo" is a term recognized by scientific
> researchers,  but
> rather it is a vernacular and derogatory term.
>