Yumboes are supernatural beings in the mythology of the Wolof people (most likely Lebou[1] [citation needed]) of Senegal, West Africa.
[4] On Pottermore, yumboes appeared as African house elves and the mascots of Senegal's national quidditch team.
[5] One of the adventure gamebooks based on the television series Knightmare features yumboes as savage, flesh-eating creatures.
Yumboes appear as helpful fairies in the 2021 novel Skin of the Sea by Nigerian Welsh writer Natasha Bowen.
In the 2021 bizarro novella Not Seeing Is A Flower by Urhobo writer Erhu Kome, Yumboes are small creatures who assist in the running of the Dharma/Cupid organization.