Hoodoo Saints and Root Warriors: Stories and Magick for Liberation

by Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani

A Hoodoo practitioner's powerful collection of formulas for BIPOC and AAPI people, their allies, and accomplices to shift the paradigm towards protection, healing, and generational survival.

Hoodoo references African-American folkloric practices that are steeped in healing, hexing, and protection. Hoodoo is conjure; it is rootwork; it is black folks' spiritual hygiene and a weapon for social change. Hoodoo is our way of communicating with the universal spirits; it is a channeling of ancestors, Gods, Goddesses, and Saints.

Conjuring the Calabash author Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani introduces readers to the stories of revolutionary Hoodoo Saints and how to canonize your own elevated ancestor. Learn how to incorporate the saints into daily spellwork and expand your Hoodoo repertoire while creating a web of spiritual protection between you and the natural world.

Genres: Nonfiction

448 pages, Paperback

Published November 8, 2025

Reviews

[Em · Rating 5 out of 5]

A vital work of remembrance and resistance. In Root Warriors and Hoodoo Saints, Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani honors the magick, resilience, and ancestral wisdom that have sustained Black and Brown communities for generations. Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani brings to life the histories of Hoodoo Saints with reverence, reminding us that healing is not separate from resistance and that survival often depends on the deep remembering of who we are.

[Elyse Welles · Rating 5 out of 5]

The world needs this book now more than ever. I can’t wait until everyone can read it.

[Jaclyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful