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miss cat,

According to P.D. Curtin, "Atlantic Slave Trade" (www.AfricanAmericans.com), of the French and English slave traders having identifiable origin, 14.5% came from the Bight of Benin, and 25.1% from the Bight of Biafra, both part of what is now Nigeria (Niger and Nigeria being where Hausa is ...

miss cat,

It has been suggested that hoodoo derives from the [still extant] Hausa word hu'du'ba, meaning "to exact retribution, stir up resentment."

Any thoughts?

Ann Wheeler
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(Hausa is a minority language -- a tiny minority anguag) among the Africans brought to the USA as slaves, and other ...