Masquerade and Money in Urban Nigeria – The Case of Calabar: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora

Preface and Acknowledgments Part I: Setting the Urban Stage Chapter 1: Introduction, Masquerade as an Artistic Pulse of the City Chapter 2: "Face No Fear Face:" Unmasking Youths Part II: Space Chapter 3: "If they Burn it Down, We will Build it Even Larger:" Confrontations of Space Chapter 4: "People Hear at Night:" Sounds and Secrecy of Nocturnal Performance Chapter 5: "Idagha Chieftaincy was Nothing like what it is today:" The Spectacle of Public Performance Part III: Money Chapter 6: "We Call it Change:" An Artistic Profile of Artist Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa Chapter 7: "Look at it, Touch it, Smell it-this is Nnabo:" Trajectories and Transformations of "Warrior" Societies Chapter 8: "For this Small Money, I No Go Enter Competition:" Masquerade Competition on a Global Stage Part IV: Local Voices Chapter 9: "I know Myself:" Masquerade as an Artistic Transformation Coda: "I Think About my Kids and Feeding Them" References