The Banjo : : America’s African Instrument / / Laurent Dubois.

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 v...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Introduction --   |t 1. Sounding Africa --   |t 2. The First African Instrument --   |t 3. Three Leaves --   |t 4. The Sound of Freedom --   |t 5. The Banjo Meets Blackface --   |t 6. Rings Like Silver, Shines Like Gold --   |t 7. Black Banjo --   |t 8. Sounding America --   |t Epilogue --   |t Notes --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Index 
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