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conjure man

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Noun1.conjure man - a witch doctor who practices conjuryconjure man - a witch doctor who practices conjury
witch doctor - someone who is believed to heal through magical powers


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There is also great pleasure in revisiting lesser known poems from his early period, such as "Dualism," a compact parable about the inescapability of history, or "Railroad Bill, A Conjure Man," a stellar addition to the tradition of African-American balladry from which it is derived.
Most of the slaves visit the conjure man, Old Catfish Primus, to get a "fighting hand" before the uprising (79).
When Arthur Flowers' conjure man walks out of a sort of Rastifarian woodland to ask a married woman to let him court her, the blend of modern images and language achieves the sense of life's ineffable wonder that recalls Jean Toomer's Cane.
 
 
 
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