Meet The Founder
Karii Jones is a Nashville-based cultural organizer, educator, researcher, and founder of the Tennessee Conjure Society and the Hoodoo Heritage Festival.
A Nashville native, Karii created the Tennessee Conjure Society to build the kind of community resource she wanted to see in her own state—a space where Tennessee's Hoodoo history could be researched and preserved, practitioners and community members could find one another, and African American folk spiritual traditions could be discussed, practiced, and celebrated with respect.
Her work brings together cultural preservation, community education, historical research, and living tradition. Through the Tennessee Conjure Society, Karii is developing year-round programming that includes classes and gatherings, a Tennessee practitioner directory, historical and ancestral preservation initiatives, community research, and the annual Hoodoo Heritage Festival.
Her work is rooted in a simple belief:
our traditions are not relics of the past. They are living inheritances, carried forward by the people and communities who continue to remember, practice, teach, and preserve them.
Explore the history, traditions, and living practices of African American Hoodoo.
Tennessee Hoodoo History
Discover the people, places, stories, and traditions that shaped Hoodoo in Tennessee.
African American Folk Traditions
Learn about the folk spiritual traditions, knowledge, and cultural practices carried across generations.
The Tennessee Conjure Society is a community-centered organization dedicated to preserving, documenting, and celebrating Hoodoo, conjure, and African American folk spiritual traditions in Tennessee through education, cultural programming, historical preservation, and community.
No. The Tennessee Conjure Society brings together education, cultural preservation, historical research, and community programming centered on Hoodoo and African American folk traditions. Individual members and participants may hold many different spiritual or religious beliefs.
No. Many TCS programs are designed for community members, researchers, artists, educators, descendants, and people interested in learning about and preserving these traditions. Individual events may have their own participation guidelines.
TCS develops educational programs, community gatherings, historical and cultural preservation initiatives, a Tennessee practitioner directory, research and documentation projects, and the annual Hoodoo Heritage Festival.
You can attend programs and gatherings, join our community, volunteer, support preservation projects, apply to the practitioner directory, partner with us, or participate in the Hoodoo Heritage Festival.