How long does it take to read Mumbo Jumbo?
Ishmael Reed, Inga Pellisa Díaz, Juan Francisco Ferré
Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed, Inga Pellisa Díaz, Juan Francisco Ferré takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Spanning a dizzying host of genres, from cinema to academia to mythology, Mumbo Jumbo is a lively ride through a key decade of American history the 1920's. In addition to ragtime, blues, and jazz, Reed's allegory draws on the Harlem Renaissance, the Back to Africa movement, and America's occupation of Haiti. His style throughout is as avant-garde and vibrant as the music at its center. From New Orleans to Chicago to New York, the "Jes Grew" epidemic makes people desperate to dance, overturning social norms in the process.
Subjects: Fiction, African Americans, History, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, general, African americans, fiction
