Mumbo Jumbo

Name: Mumbo Jumbo
Author: Ishmael Reed

by Ishmael Reed

Satirical novel reimagining jazz history and Black cultural traditions with surreal invention

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Ishmael Reed

African-American novelist, poet, and essayist whose irreverent postmodern satires challenge literary and cultural hierarchies. Mumbo Jumbo is his most celebrated novel. He is an important and provocative figure in the countercultural wing of American letters.

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