When the Devil Knocks: The Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century PanamaDespite its long history of encounters with colonialism, slavery, and neocolonialism, Panama continues to be an under researched site of African Diaspora identity, culture, and performance. To address this void, Rene Alexander Craft examines an Afro Latin Carnival performance tradition called "Congo" as it is enacted in the town of Portobelo, Panama the nexus of trade in the Spanish colonial world. In When the Devil Knocks: The Congo Tradition and the