Fiddling Is My Joy - The Fiddle in African American Culture

A thorough examination of the history and legacy of African American fiddling

About the author

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is professor emerita, former chair of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and former director of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. She is author of numerous articles and books, including Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures, which won both the Alan Merriam Prize and the Kwabena Nketia Book Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Cogdell Djedje
• Publisher: University press of mississipp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.05.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781496856562
• ISBN: 978-1-4968-5656-2
• No. of pages: 560
• Series: American Made Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries