The Banjo: America'S African Instrument

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.

• | By (Author): Laurent Dubois
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674047842
• | ISBN-13: 9780674047846