A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting threads between Africa

Maske is an album of Phyllis Galembo's powerful and thrilling masquerade photographs, from Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Zambia, and Haiti.

Introduction, Masquerade as an Artistic Pulse of the City -- "Face No Fear Face:" Unmasking Youths -- "If they Burn it Down, We will Build it Even Larger:" Conf

During the masquerades common during carnival time, jumbies (ghosts or ancestral spirits) are set free to roam the streets of Caribbean nations, turning the wor

Explores the place of secret ritual in a globalized world