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Publications [#312248] of Laurent Dubois

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  1. 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.


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