Mumbo Jumbo
Originally it was a word in Mandingo (ma-ma-gyo-mbo) meaning “magician who makes the troubled spirits of ancestors go away.”
Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, Volume III by William & Mary Morris, 1971.
Originally it was a word in Mandingo (ma-ma-gyo-mbo) meaning “magician who makes the troubled spirits of ancestors go away.”
Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, Volume III by William & Mary Morris, 1971.