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  • The Mandingo peoples of the western Sudan were reported around 1740 to have a high priest who protected the villagers called the Mumbo Jumbo, an Englishing of mam-gyo-mbo, supposedly “magician who drives away troubled spirits of ancestors.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • The Mandingo peoples of the western Sudan were reported around 1740 to have a high priest who protected the villagers called the Mumbo Jumbo, an Englishing of mam-gyo-mbo, supposedly “magician who drives away troubled spirits of ancestors.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • The Mandingo peoples of the western Sudan were reported around 1740 to have a high priest who protected the villagers called the Mumbo Jumbo, an Englishing of mam-gyo-mbo, supposedly “magician who drives away troubled spirits of ancestors.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • The Mandingo peoples of the western Sudan were reported around 1740 to have a high priest who protected the villagers called the Mumbo Jumbo, an Englishing of mam-gyo-mbo, supposedly “magician who drives away troubled spirits of ancestors.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Their new concept album Mumbo Jumbo finds the duo in fine pop ballad and soft rock mode but with an edge.

    Jon Chattman: A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Finding 'Love' With Air Supply in NYC Jon Chattman 2011

  • Their new concept album Mumbo Jumbo finds the duo in fine pop ballad and soft rock mode but with an edge.

    Jon Chattman: A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Finding 'Love' With Air Supply in NYC Jon Chattman 2011

  • Saw briefly held a record for the longest coaster freefall drop until another coaster, Mumbo Jumbo, opened at Flamingoland.

    Round round get around I get around woooooo I get around Sci-Fi Gene 2009

  • Saw briefly held a record for the longest coaster freefall drop until another coaster, Mumbo Jumbo, opened at Flamingoland.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009

  • I didn't call the other side of the debate Mumbo Jumbo, I called your warped interpretation of what I and many others say and want, Mumbo Jumbo.

    Poll: Most Think Bill Would Be Asset To President Hillary 2009

  • Paid six bars of amber to the Mumbo Jumbo boys, and set out for Jindey early in the morning.

    The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

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