JUMBO By Paul Chambers, Steerforth, $23.95, 224 pages Reading Paul Chambers’ “Jumbo,” the biography of the remarkable elephant born in Africa “around Christmas 1860” and groomed for outsized fame, one ...
The term "mumbo jumbo" dates back centuries and traces its roots to West Africa. It is widely believed to come from the Mandinka people who make... EDITOR'S NOTE: Here at Code Switch, we take a look ...
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