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Acknowledgments vii Acknowledgments ix Note on Orthography xi 1 Introduction 2 Reading Blackface in West Africa WONDERS TAKEN FOR SIGNS 3 “The Rowdy Lot Created the Usual Disturbance” CONCERTS AND EMERGENT PUBLICS, 1895–1927 4 “Ohia Ma Adwennwen,” or “Use Your Gumption!” THE PRAGMATICS OF PERFORMANCE, 1927–1945 5 Improvising Popular Traveling Theatre THE POETICS OF INVENTION 6 “This Is Actually a Good Interpretation of Modern Civilization” STAGING THE SOCIAL IMAGINARY, 1946–1966 Epilogue Notes 163 Bibliography 173 Index 187 Contents 1 17 53 78 104 133 159 viii Acknowledgments ...

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