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Mumbo Jumbo

Ishmael Reed
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Diaspora

USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

Satirical novel set in 1920s Harlem about a plague of joy called Jes Grew spreading across America.

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Neo-hoodoo aesthetic; postmodern classic of African-American literature

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Satirical novel set in 1920s Harlem about a plague of joy called Jes Grew spreading across America. Neo-hoodoo aesthetic; postmodern classic of African-American literature

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