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In 1978, Patrick McNaughton witnessed a bird dance masquerade in the small town of Dogoduman. He was so affected by this performance that its dazzling artistic power has never left him. As he revisits that very special evening in A Bird Dance near Saturday City, McNaughton carefully considers the components of the performance, its pace, the performers, and what the entire experience means for understandings of Bamana and West African aesthetics and culture. The performance of virtuoso dancer Sidi Ballo be

Book reviewed in this article:The Tree of Iron. 1988. A film by Peter O'Neill, Frank Muhly, Jr., and Peter SchmidtThe Blooms of Banjeli: Technology and Gender in African Ironmaking. 1986. A film by Carlyn Saltman, Candice Goucher, and Eugenia Herbert

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