Mumbo Jumbo

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781453287972

<DIV><DIV><b>Ishmael Reed&rsquo;s inspired fable of the ragtime era, in which a social movement threatens to suppress the spread of black culture&mdash;hailed by Harold Bloom as one of the five hundred greatest books of the Western canon</b></div><DIV><BR>In 1920s America, a plague is spreading fast. From New Orleans to Chicago to New York, the &ldquo;Jes&#160;Grew&rdquo; epidemic makes people desperate to dance, overturning social norms in the process. Anyone is vulnerable and when they catch it, they&rsquo;ll bump and grind into&#160;a frenzy. Working to combat the&#160;Jes&#160;Grew infection are the puritanical&#160;Atonists, a group bent on cultivating a &ldquo;Talking Android,&rdquo; an African American who will infiltrate the unruly black communities and help crush the outbreak. But&#160;PaPa&#160;LaBas, a&#160;<i>houngan</i>&#160;voodoo priest, is determined to keep his ancient culture&mdash;including a key spiritual text&mdash;alive.&#160;&#160;</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Spanning a dizzying host of genres, from cinema to academia to mythology,&#160;<i>Mumbo Jumbo</i>&#160;is a lively ride through a key decade of American history. In addition to ragtime, blues, and jazz, Reed&rsquo;s allegory draws on the Harlem Renaissance, the Back to Africa movement, and America&rsquo;s occupation of Haiti. His style throughout is as avant-garde and vibrant as the music at its center.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>This&#160;ebook&#160;features an illustrated biography of Ishmael Reed including rare images of the author.</div></div>