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The Banjo: African Roots and American Influences (2006)

The Ethnomusicology Program hosted a special lecture-demonstration on March 6, 2006, a collaborative event involving the well-known Maninka musician Cheick Hamala Djabate (specialist on a West African stringed instrument, ngoni, which is documented as the ancestor of the banjo) and the banjo performer and specialist Bob Carlin. The event had two components: a formal lecture with illustrations and an evening concert. The event was part of the Lectures in Musicology series.

Contact: Daniel Avorgbedor, avorgbedor.1@osu.edu.