A bogie or bugbear in the Mandingo towns of Africa. As the
Kaffirs have many wives, it not unfrequently happens that the house
becomes quite unbearable. In such a case, either the husband or an
agent dresses himself in disguise, and at dusk approaches the unruly
house with a following, and makes the most hideous noises possible.
When the women have been sufficiently scared, “Mumbo” seizes the chief
offender, ties her to a tree, and scourges her with Mumbo's rod, amidst
the derision of all present. Mumbo is not an idol, any more than the
American Lynch, but one disguised to punish unruly wives. (See Mungo
Park: Travels in the Interior of Africa.)
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