| Session on African roots of banjo to be held at Appalachian State [message #283668] |
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Session on African roots of banjo to be held at ASU
BOONE - A concert and mini-symposium on the African roots of the
banjo will be held Dec. 6 at Appalachian State University.
Activities will begin at 3:30 p.m. with a panel discussion in
Plemmons Student Union's Blue Ridge Ballroom. Swedish-scholar Ulf
Jagfors, folklorist Cece Conway from ASU and musicians Daniel Jatta
and James Leva will talk about the Akonting tradition and the
evolution of the banjo.
Jatta, a native of Gambia, will perform on the Jola Akonting folk
lute, a predecessor of the banjo, at 8:30 p.m. in the ballroom.
Joining him will be Leva on the fiddle and Rick Ward, a mountain
banjo player and maker.
The programs are sponsored by the Appalachian Heritage Council, ASU's
English department and the Blue Ridge Folklife Institute.
For more information, e-mail Mecca Jackson at meccanacea [at] hotmail.com
or call the Center for Appalachian Studies at (828) 262-4089.
Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.
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