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The Banjo

America’s African Instrument

Laurent Dubois

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$31.00 • £26.95 • €28.95

ISBN 9780674047846

Publication Date: 03/14/2016

384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

20 halftones

World

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Introduction
1. Sounding Africa
2. The First African Instrument
3. Three Leaves
4. The Sound of Freedom
5. The Banjo Meets Blackface
6. Rings Like Silver, Shines Like Gold
7. Black Banjo
8. Sounding America
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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