The Akan word odu meaning medicine is also considered to be a possible etymological origin. Its origins are obscure but it's believed to originate as an alteration of the word voodoo - a word that has its origin in the Ewe and Fon languages of Ghana and Benin - referring to divinity. The first documentation of the word Hoodoo in the English language appeared in 1870.
7 Hoodoo and the Spiritual church movement. Regional synonyms for hoodoo include conjure or rootwork. Practitioners of Hoodoo are called rootworkers, conjure doctors, conjure man or conjure woman, and Hoodoo doctors. Following the Great Migration of African-Americans, Hoodoo spread throughout the United States. Hoodoo is a syncretic spiritual system that combines Christianity that was forced on enslaved Africans, and Islam brought over by enslaved West African Muslims, and Spiritualism. Bakongo people were taken to other parts of the Americas during the slave trade, and Bakongo beliefs and practices influenced many African Diaspora Traditions. During the trans-atlantic trade, about 40 percent of Africans taken to the United States were Bantu-Kongo. What makes these traditions similar is several of the practices come from the Bakongo people in Central Africa. Nevertheless, it differs from religions like Vodou and Santeria in that there are no explicit canon of gods or deities that are worshipped. Many of the practices are similar to other African Diaspora traditions, such as Palo, Haitian Vodou, and Santería in that it includes communication with ancestors and spirits and healing rituals. Hoodoo is an African Diaspora Tradition created during the time of slavery in the United States. In the Gullah South Carolina Lowcountry, Hoodoo is also known as "Lowcountry Voodoo." Hoodoo evolved from various traditional African religions and practices, and in the American South, incorporated various elements of indigenous botanical knowledge. Hoodoo is a set of spiritual practices, traditions, and beliefs which was created and concealed from slaveholders by enslaved Africans in North America.
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