Illustrations

{ ix } Illustrations Zenenga Figure 1. Untitled play in the Gazza and Cherima areas, 2007 {19} Figure 2. Hit-­ and-­ run theatre performance in working-­ class residential area, 2007 {21} Figure 3. Savannah Arts Trust blames national and local authorities for­ corruption resulting in an outbreak of cholera, 2007 {23} Figure 4. Hit-­ and-­ run artists fake a heated argument, 2007 {27} Figure 5. Hit-­ and-­ run artists disguise themselves, 2007 {29} Figure 6. Hit-­ and-­ run artists educate young audiences, 2007 {30} Figure 7. A rare rural hit-­ and-­ run performance, 2007 {32} Figure 8. Audience at rare rural hit-­ and-­ run performance, 2007 {33} Black Figure 1. Rose McClendon in Deep River, 1926 {49} Nk anga Figure 1. Aloys Mezui Me Ndong performing in Libreville {85} Figure 2. Main aba in the center of Oyem City {85} Figure 3. A performance by Elam Assemane in Oyem {97} Figure 4. Aloys Mezui Me Ndong performing {98} Anderson Figure 1. African Village performance, Pan Ameri­ can Exposition of 1901 {107} Figure 2. Rev. J. Edward Nash and James A. Ross at the Negro Exhibit {107} Figure 3. The Gazetteer and Guide {108} Figure 4. Women with marionettes {111} { x } Illustrations Figure 5. Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis at the Colored Musicians Club {114} Figure 6. The Ujima Theatre Company in 2006 {117} Buckner Figure 1. Pygmy performance, St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904 {162} Figure 2. Ota Benga playing the molimo, St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904 {164} Figure 3. Ota Benga bust, New York, 1906 {165} Connolly Figure 1. Ulster Literary Theatre playbill from 1909 {204} ...