Mumbo Jumbo (novel)
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Mumbo Jumbo is a 1972 novel by Ishmael Reed. It centers on a dance mania and spiritual ″anti-plague″ of African origin called Jes’ Grew, whose spread across the United States brings about the Jazz Age
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Oungan
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Oungan is the term for a male priest in Haitian Vodou. The term is derived from Gbe languages. The word hounnongan means chief priest. Hounnongan or oungans are also known as makandals.
Mumbo Jumbo (novel)
…inspired his theory of the African-American literary tradition in The Signifying Monkey. Set in 1920s New York City, the novel depicts the elderly Harlem houngan PaPa LaBas and his companion Black Herman racing against the Wallflower Order, an international conspiracy dedicated to monotheism and control, as they…
Oungan ceremony ritual
An asson, the sacred rattle of oungans and manbos. Made of a calabash gourd, it is covered with beads or snake vertebrae. A small bell is attached.