Mojo: Conjure Stories

Conjure Stories

Author: Nalo Hopkinson

A collection of original stories draws on African magic, folklore, and history, featuring contributions by such writers as Neil Gaiman, Tananarive Due, and Barbara Hambly.

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A collection of original stories draws on African magic, folklore, and history, featuring contributions by such writers as Neil Gaiman, Tananarive Due, and Barbara Hambly.

Description

When enslaved people were brought from the western part of Africa to the Americas, they were forbidden to speak their native languages or practice their religions in the New World.

Critic Reviews

"An extraordinary anthology whose stories reside in the numinous twilight that underpins our world....Herein are some of the most exciting voices l've read in years. Herein lies magic."

About the Author

Nalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica and has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada. The daughter of a poet/playwright and a library technician, she has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada's Sunburst Award for literature of the fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collection Skin Folk was selected for the 2002 New York Times Summer Reading List and was one of the New York Times Best Books of the Year. Hopkinson is also the author of The New Moon's Arms, The Salt Roads, Midnight Robber, and Brown Girl in the Ring. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and splits her time between California, USA, and Toronto, Canada.

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When enslaved people were brought from the western part of Africa to the Americas, they were forbidden to speak their native languages or practice their religions in the New World.