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Contents acknowledgments ix Introduction: Acts of Complicity: Meanings, Methods, and Maps 1 Part 1. Imagining the Nation 15 ONE Performing, Transforming, and Reforming Tanzania: A Historical Tale 17 TWO Alternative Nations: Locating Tradition, Morality, and Power 40 Part 2. Sexing the Nation 63 THREE National Erotica: The Politics of Ngoma 65 FOUR Popular Drama and the Mapping of Home 85 Part 3. Contesting the Nation 107 FIVE Culture Wars: TOT versus Muungano 109 SIX A Victor Declared: Popular Performance in the New Millennium 129 glossary of swahili terms 141 notes 143 list of references 159 index 169 ...

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