As the curtain rises on Will Alexander's adroit panAfrican pageant, courtiers puzzle, stew and snipe over the central mystery of their existence-- the absence of King Asoka. Where is he? Can mere ministers of war decide, or do the eerie signals demand the counsel of the Magicians? What is he doing, what does he intend? Is intention still on the table? So the old ways play themselves out, but on Asoka's return a table of glittering galaxies play themselves...