Mumbo Jumbo

Ishmael Reed

Original title: Mumbo jumbo

first published 1972 Allison & Busby, 1989

A Bard book

Spanning a dizzying host of genres, from cinema to academia to mythology, Mumbo Jumbo is a lively ride through a key decade of American history the 1920's. In addition to ragtime, blues, and jazz, Reed's allegory draws on the Harlem Renaissance, the Back to Africa movement, and America's occupation of Haiti. His style throughout is as avant-garde and vibrant as the music at its center. From New Orleans to Chicago to...

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Editions we hold

Mumbo Jumbo audiobook · 2020 · Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio · 9781713518068
Mumbo Jumbo edition · 2017 · Penguin Books, Limited · 224 pages · 9780241305812
Mumbo Jumbo edition · 2017 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241305829
Mumbo Jumbo paperback · 2016 · La Fuga Ediciones, S.L. · 332 pages · 9788494594403
Mumbo Jumbo edition · 2013 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 221 pages · 9781453291115
Mumbo Jumbo edition · 2013 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781453291108
Mumbo Jumbo edition · 2013 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 221 pages · 9781453287972
Mumbo Jumbo audiobook · 2001 · ZBS Foundation · 2 pages · 9781931654043
Mumbo jumbo paperback · 1998 · Editions de l'Olivier · 292 pages · 9782879291482
Mumbo Jumbo paperback · 1996 · Scribner · 224 pages · 9780684824772
Mumbo jumbo edition · 1989 · Atheneum · 223 pages
Mumbo jumbo. edition · 1989 · Allison & Busby

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