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Masquerade and Money in Urban Nigeria - The Case of Calabar (Hardcover)
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Masquerade and Money in Urban Nigeria - The Case of Calabar (Hardcover)
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
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Examines the economic and spatial importance of performance arts in
West Africa through a close analysis of the masquerade culture of
Calabar, the capital city of Nigeria's Cross River State. Driving
into urban Calabar, one is struck by two imposing, monumental
rectangular columns, operating not unlike ancient triumphal arches,
framing the entrance into Nigeria's capital city of the Cross River
State. Relief carvings of Calabar's renowned masking characters
adorn the monument. The icons, dramatically captured in
choreographic poses, freezing the maskers in time, enshrine
masquerade as the city's heritage and past identity. Far from being
merely "traditional" and relegated to an earlier time, the
Calabar-based masquerades explored in this book demonstrate a
contemporary and global context indicative of the changing patterns
of city life. While the topic of cultural change is not necessarily
new to African art history and cultural studies, few scholars or
writers have attempted to understand why African arts so readily
change. This book, the first full-length monograph addressing
contemporary art in Calabar, explains the fluidity and thriving
nature of masquerade by analyzing the ways in which masking is
steeped in economic transaction and how street performances have
become more public and spatially calculated. By unraveling the
urban layers of masquerade arts and their performances, this book
shows how so-called traditional culture gains new roles or
currencies within a contemporary, city-based context.
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