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"Mumbo Jumbo is racist." That's what I said to a friend jokingly. Then I looked up the origin, a favorite pastime of mine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbo_jumbo_(phrase)
Among the Mandinka people of west africa (same origin as "mandingo") "Maamajomboo" is a character kind of like santa in that someone dresses up like him, but also like krampus because he doesn't bring gifts. They practice polygamist marriage and when a wife is acting up, Maamajomboo shows up, ties the woman to a post in the village center and beats her