The Banjo: America’s African Instrument - Laurent Dubois - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674047846 - March 14, 2016
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Laurent Dubois
The Banjo: America’s African Instrument

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American slaves drew on memories of African musical traditions to construct instruments from carved-out gourds covered with animal skin. Providing a sense of rootedness, solidarity, and consolation, banjo picking became an essential part of black plantation life, and its unmistakable sound remains versatile and enduring today, Laurent Dubois shows.

342 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 14, 2016
ISBN13 9780674047846
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 384
Dimensions 245 × 165 × 35 mm   ·   714 g
Language English  

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