Publications [#312248] of Laurent Dubois

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Dubois, L, The Banjo: America's African Instrument (2016), Harvard University Press, ISBN 0674047842
(last updated on 2023/08/08)
Abstract:
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.