Masquerade and money in urban Nigeria : the case of Calabar /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fenton, Jordan (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2022.
Series:	Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
Subjects:	Masquerades > Nigeria > Calabar. Masquerades > Economic aspects > Nigeria > Calabar. Performing arts > Social aspects > Nigeria > Calabar. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction, Masquerade as an Artistic Pulse of the City
"Face No Fear Face:" Unmasking Youths
"If they Burn it Down, We will Build it Even Larger:" Confrontations of Space
"People Hear at Night:" Sounds and Secrecy of Nocturnal Performance
"Idagha Chieftaincy was Nothing like what it is today:" The Spectacle of Public Performance
"We Call it Change:" An Artistic Profile of Artist Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa
"Look at it, Touch it, Smell it-this is Nnabo:" Trajectories and Transformations of "Warrior" Societies
"For this Small Money, I No Go Enter Competition:" Masquerade Competition on a Global Stage
"I know Myself:" Masquerade as an Artistic Transformation
Coda: "I Think About my Kids and Feeding Them".