This just in ... : African Arts

The most recent issue of African Arts (Vol. 41, no. 4, winter 2008) focuses on contemporary masquerade performance in Africa and the transformations in its meaning, practice, and interpretation.

First Word: Masks and Modernities / Charles Gore

Making History: The Modernity of Masquerade in Ikole Ekiti / Will Rea

Between Authenticity and Nostalgia: The Making of a Yoruba Tradition in Southern Benin / Joël Noret 

Masquerade Politics in Contemporary Southeastern Nigeria / Eli Bentor  

Masking Youth: Transformation and Transgression in Annang Performance / David Pratten 
 
“Burn the Mmonwu” Contradictions and Contestations in Masquerade Performance in Uga, Anambra State in Southeastern Nigeria / Charles Gore

Playing to the Gallery: Masks, Masquerade, and Museums / Polly Savage

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