Africana opened at Daly's Sixty-third Street Theatre, where Shuffle Along had its long run. I was the star, and the Variety reviewer wrote: "... Ethel Waters is the kick of Africana in her specialty. She started with ‘My Special Friend Is in Town’ ... the first-niters ate that one up. She also sang ‘Shake That Thing,’ ‘Dinah,’ ‘Take Your Black Bottom Outside’ ..."