mojo [E20th] Mojo, meaning ‘magic, charm, power, influence’, comes from African American and Afro-Caribbean English and is best known in British English from the lyrics of popular songs. It probably comes from an African language, for moco ‘witchcraft, magic’ is found in the Gullah language of the African American inhabitants of the islands off South Carolina, and moco’o ‘medicine man’ is found in the West African language Fulfulde.