Fiddling Is My Joy: The Fiddle in African American Culture Crafts many ways to address injustices

many ways to address injustices

only recently have researchers begun to closely examine the history and social implications of these musical practices

yet most people in the United States

but are nonetheless significant cultural statements

The author then shows how Africans had

Fiddling Is My Joy: The Fiddle in African American Culture Crafts many ways to address injusticesIn Fiddling Is My Joy, Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje examines the history of fiddling among African Americans from the seventeenth to the mid twentieth century. Although music historians acknowledge a prominent African American fiddle tradition during the era of slavery, only recently have researchers begun to closely examine the history and social implications of these musical practices. Research on African music reveals a highly developed tradition in