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Delzora
Delzora: Root Doctor of Belhaven | Tom P. Phillips
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Eastern North Carolina. Black family involved in root work, voodoo and other stuff - prostitution, etc. Mother (Delzora) and three children very protective of each other. They worked separately but together to survive. I would call them survivors, with lots of money. They catered to the white community and the mother created a certain fear throughout the black population. Even after the mother and all three children are deceased there still exists some of this fear.
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The pieces were mostly there to make this a good read but, the execution was lacking. The author should have consulted an anthropologist to get guidance on writing an ethnography-- and how to be less ethnocentric. The author warns the interviews are redundant in the beginning and unfortunately, these are the bulk of the book. The 'conclusion' was confusing because it begins by discussing Marie Laveau and then compared her to Delzora. It was odd.