Masquerade and Money in Urban Nigeria

The Case of Calabar

Dr Jordan Fenton, Professor Toyin Falola (Series Editor)

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University of Rochester Press
08 February 2022

Dance & Performing arts; Non-Western music: traditional & "classical"; Urban communities; Urban economics

Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora

"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."

By: Dr Jordan Fenton
Series edited by: Professor Toyin Falola (Series Editor)
Imprint: University of Rochester Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781648250262
ISBN 10: 1648250262
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Pages: 396
Publication Date: 08 February 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

JORDAN A. FENTON is Associate Professor of Art History at Miami University (Ohio). He has carried out fieldwork in Calabar (Nigeria) since 2008.