Adamma: a contemporary Igbo maiden spirit.

A performer wearing a large mask of a woman's face looked out flirtatiously from beneath a set of swinging black plaits hung with beads and topped with a brilliant yellow chiffon head-tie arranged at a haphazard angle. The wooden mask was painted the color of cafe au lait, its glossy surface accented by painted features: eyes rimmed with heavy black eyeliner and a red-lipsticked mouth. The masker was a tall man--more than six feet in height--wearing a body suit of patterned metallic ...