This is the second literary piece this module that has dealt with magic in the life of Africans of the Diaspora. In Girl, we see how magical practices are completely knitted into the life of a black family and community from Antigua. In Katherine Anne Porter's short story "Magic" an employer gains total control of her worker, Ninette, by employing the art of Hoodoo.
The time setting for the first story is the late nineteenth century; for the second, the early twentieth. One hundred years later, what relevance, if any, have these stories?
I believe that this story has relevance. I say this because I have heard about hoodoo for many years. You have some people who believe there is hoodoo and you have those who don't believe there's hoodoo in the world today. I believe that there are people out there who practices it, which is why people should be careful about who they associate with, because you never know.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you think of the story, Tonne?
DeleteI also believe that this story will be a reminder to everyone about, "hoodoo". In which, I grew up on the teaching of the word "Voodoo", which meaning is the same. People still practice and believe in it. I believe this book will still be affective a hundred years from now, if people are still reading.lol
ReplyDeleteVoodoo is a religion; Hoodoo is not.
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