Dan Ge Performance

“An excellent study of both the visible and invisible elements that constitute the Ge performance of the Dan People of western Côte d’Ivoire.” — The World of Music Ge, formerly translated as “mask” or “masquerade,” appears among the Dan people of Côte d’Ivoire as a dancing and musical embodiment of their social ideals and religious beliefs. In Dan Ge Performance , Daniel B. Reed sets out to discover what resides at the core of Ge. He finds that Ge is defined as part of a religious system, a form