Introduction : an overview / Simon Ottenberg and David A. Binkley -- 1. Ndomo ritual and Sogo bo play : boy's masquerading among the Bamana of Mali / Mary Jo Arnoldi -- 2. Boys and masks among the Dogon / Walter E.A. van Beek -- 3. Gender differences and performance styles in Ojija among children in two Ekeiti towns / John R.O. Ojo -- 4. From grasshopper to Babende : the socialization of Southern Kuba boys to masquerade / David A. Binkley -- 5. Emulation in boys' masquerades : the Afikpo case / Simon Ottenberg -- 6. Omepa and Onyeweh children's masquerades / Robert W. Nicholls -- 7. Three points of view of masquerades among the Ijo of the Niger River Delta / Anna A. Hlavacova -- 8. At the threshold : childhood masking in Umuoji and Umahia / Chika O. Okeke -- 9. Alikali devils of Sierra Leone : play, performance, and social commentary / Jeanne Cannizzo -- 10. Masked children in an urban scene : the Bissau Carnival based on the writings of Manuel Rambout Barcelos / Nicolau Fara Gomes, Felix Siga, Harriet C. McGuire and Simon Ottenberg -- 11. Dodo Masquerade of Ouagadougou / Priscilla Baird Hinckley -- 12. Kalumbu and Chisudzo : boys' and girls' masquerades among the Chewa / Kenji Yoshida -- 13. Playing with the future : children and rituals in North-Western Province, Zambia / Elisabeth L. Cameron and Manuel A. Jordan
