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Beginner Black Banjo Workshops

About the workshop:

Are you interested in playing the banjo? Did you know that the instrument was created by enslaved Africans and their descendants in the Caribbean and colonial North America?

Join renowned educator, multi-instrumentalist, ethnomusicologist, and advocate for Black string band music, Joe Z. Johnson, for a fun, informative, and beginner-friendly banjo workshop. Discover the fascinating African and African American roots of the banjo, an instrument created by enslaved Africans and their descendants in the Caribbean and colonial North America.

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Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival

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April 1

Beginner Black Banjo Workshop #2