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Midwives, women healers and root workers have been central figures in the African American folk traditions. Particularly in Black communities in the rural south, these women served vital social, cultural and political functions. It was believed that they possessed magical powers: they... read more
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HAVING DELIVERED HUNDREDS OF BABIES IN A CAREER SPANNING almost forty years, Onnie Lee Logan in Motherwit, the first book devoted to the life of a granny midwife, expresses her desire and impetus for telling her story.
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- Valerie Lee (Author)
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