African banjo echoes in Appalachia: a study of folk traditions

Introduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin

Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo

The ritual of minstrelsy : some were buffoons, but others were apprentices

Mountain echoes of the African banjo

The banjo : its changing form, construction, and use

The transmission of playing methods and tunings

The banjo song genre : Dink Roberts' man-against-the-law songs

Garfield : man against the law, but a man with a community

Conclusion.