Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. One From Laventille to Camp Wo-Chi-Ca 11
5. Two A Life in Dance 29
6. Three African Transformations 69
7. Four Teaching, Traveling, and the FBI 99
8. Five Trinidad Communities 116
9. Six Return to Africa 142
10. Seven The PhD 156
11. Eight The Turn to Teaching and Return to the Stage 169
12. NINE Academic Trials and Triumphs 200
13. Ten Transmitting the Work 218
14. Eleven Barbados: Return to the Sea 236
15. Acknowledgments 249
16. Appendix I: Pearl Primus Timeline 253
17. Appendix II: Interviews 283
18. A Note on Sources and Documentation 287
19. Notes 289
20. Works Cited 299
21. Index 305