Mic'd Up

Gullah Halloween Horror & Root Magic


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Just in time for Halloween, Mika shares her favorite books, audio clips and ghost stories that highlight Gullah culture and folklore. Included in this episode is audio from the Strange Horizons podcast featuring Eden Royce's "Every Goodbye Ain't Gone".
Strange Horizons: http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/every-good-bye-aint-gone/
Cleansing, Spiritual Okra Bath Recipe:
bit.ly/SpiritualOkraBath
Suggested Reading - Lowcountry Lore: Haunts, Hags & Plat-Eyes
by Janie Dease Greene, Blue Roots: African American Folk Magic of the Gullah People by Roger Pinckney, Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror by Eden Royce and Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston
Gullah folk lore glossary: http://www.lowcountryweekend.com/haints-and-boo-hags-what-ghosts-haunt-you/
Links to the videos referenced in the show -
Roger Pinckney explains Gullah Root Magic: https://youtu.be/e6F0Z4MRnV8
Dr. Buzzard's Burial Site: https://youtu.be/5gARnIKrlA4
Roger Pinckney explains "Haant Blue": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICQAtRm2nyI
The Black Collective/Gullah Revenge Thriller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJugnekKNro
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