written in the 1920s and left unperformed at the time of his death. Reconstructed decades later, the work received its world premiere at Spoleto Festival USA in 2016, bringing Jenkins’ music back to the city of his birth.

Blending operetta, cabaret, popular song, and dance-inflected styles, the work moves between Africa and the American South while reflecting the musical and cultural worlds Jenkins encountered in Charleston, Harlem, London, and Paris.