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CONTENTS
Ethnomusicology Multimedia Website ix
Preface: A Confluence of Beginnings xiii
Acknowledgments xxiii
Notes on Language xxvii
Part 1 Program Notes
1 Introduction: Abidjan USA 3
2 “Ballet” as Nexus of Discourses 33
Part 2 Stages and Stories
Act 1. Vado Diomande
3 Kekene: The Performance of Oneness in NYC 75
4 “If You Aren’t Careful, You Don’t Know Where You Will End Up!”:
Vado Diomande and Transcendence 91
Act 2. Samba Diallo
5 “Culture Brings Everybody Together”: Samba Diallo’s Ayoka 129
6 “I’m Happy Because I’m Different”:
Samba Diallo and Exceptionalism 141
Act 3. Sogbety Diomande
7 “You Know You’re in a Different Country”:
Sogbety Diomande’s West African Drum and Dance 181
8 “When You’re in a New Context, You Try Things That Work
in That Context”: Sogbety Diomande and Adaptability 192
Act 4. Dr. Djo Bi Irie Simon
9 “Open Village”: An Ivorian Wedding in an Indiana Cornfield 227
10 “Everyone Is a Cook, but He’s a Chef!”:
Dr. Djo Bi and Innovation 243
Part 3 Finale
11 Thoughts on the Way Out 279
Glossary 285
Notes 291
Bibliography 299
Index 309