![]() It is often worn under clothing, sometimes between the legs and is sometimes sown into the shape of a hand. What is a mojo?Ī mojo is a charm made of a cloth bag tied with a drawstring that contains roots, herbs, animal parts or other objects associated with magic. ![]() Gullah is creole meaning a language made up of elements of other languages – in this case English and Western African words and grammar. The African word is the probable ancestor of moco, meaning witchcraft or magic, used in the Gullah language of parts of southern US (South Carolina and Georgia). Mojo probably derives from the Western African, Fula language word moco’o, meaning a medicine man. The word became popular from blues songs which came out of the south of the US. Mojo is a word that has found its way into English from African via the American slave trade. If you are musically inclined you might even sing about it. ![]() If all is going well, you are confident and you achieve things effortlessly, you might say that your mojo is working. ![]()
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