Table of Contents

Preface; Note of Orthography; Map 1. Yoruba Spectacle; 2. Gelede Performance; 3. Efe Songs - Voicing Power; 4. The Masks and Costumes of Efe Night; 5. The Dance: Texturing Time and Space; 6. The Masks of Gelede; 7. A Historical and Thematic Overview; 8. Gelede and the Individual Notes on Text; Notes on Plates; References; Index

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Reviews

" ... an exceptionally rich source for all those interested in symbolic, religious or social studies." - Tribus " ... An excellent book ... Fascinating to read." - Research in African Literatures " ... A volume that establishes the standards by which future works on the masked festivals of the Yoruba and other Sub-Saharan African peoples will be judged." - African Arts " ... The most sophisticated art historical analysis of a single African aesthetic tradition." - Tribal Arts Review