#black banjo reclamation project

[banjofilia]

Jake Blount

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[omgthatdress]

some of the best fun I’ve had in my life is watching racists have a huge meltdown when I explained to them that banjos are African not Irish.

[pargolettasworld]

"Love said his self-made instrument allowed him to tune into his ancestors. “I’m an African in America. I don’t play from a colonized approach. Playing a fretless gourd banjo has given me a deeper sense of connection to the instrument. The vibrations are warmer, it’s a little more rooted, and it sounds a lot earthier.”

"The mellow, earthy tones should come as no surprise. Like most gourd banjos, Love’s has a wooden neck, wooden bridge, and wooden friction-style tuning pegs. The strings are nylon—the modern version of traditional “catgut” strings made from sheep or goat intestines. It’s topped off with goat skin stretched across the opening in the hollow gourd body.

"In addition to offering opportunities for practicing musicians to create their own tools of the trade, the BBRP provides space for families or anyone in the local community to learn useful land-based skills. Gardening, tanning, and woodworking with hand and power tools are all skills applied in building a banjo.

“Everyone that’s part of this project is offering something that is furthering our healing as a community,” Mayree said. “And we definitely focus on the community that we serve in terms of Black folks.”

"The folks in question aren’t just in the Bay Area anymore. The Black Banjo Reclamation Project is in the process of expanding their reach by working with partners in the Caribbean as well as Black farmers in Virginia and Alabama. One day, Mayree hopes to complete the loop and connect with Daniel Jatta and other major figures in West African music and ethnomusicology."

[5footassassin]

Get all you need @ the @popupresourcevillage 🎶🧺 Follow @reverse_the_diaspora to learn more about the Black Banjo Reclamation Project. Get involved. Donate a #banjo . Play a banjo. Pay for someone's banjo! Here is @hannah_mayree playing some freestyle tunes for the video crew today during #FirstFriday #VeggiesAndMusic #Friday #banjoplayer #banjomusic #BlackBanjoReclaimationProject #musician #supportlocalmusic #supportlocalartists #TakeItBack #FollowFriday #acoustic #hum #whistle #song #sing #Oakland #WestOakland #MandelaGrocery #CoOp (at Mandela Grocery Co-op) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv5bH4mBntP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nmw4qv7pqsmw

[the-brickhouse-art-gallery-love]

It’s just one more day until the Black Banjo Reclamation Project is here. 2pm-5pm. Don’t miss it. (at The Brickhouse Gallery & Art Complex / OFFICIAL) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQjwIqvHW7/?utm_medium=tumblr

[balladofamerica]

"Then the Black Banjo Reclamation Project addresses the bigger objective to retake possession of the narrative and tell the story of the banjo from the Black perspective. In this way, it can reconnect the African diaspora to their ancestral land and to their cultural legacy."

A Quest to Return the Banjo to Its African Roots

The Black Banjo Reclamation Project aims to put banjos into the hands of everyday people.

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A Quest to Return the Banjo to Its African Roots | Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Center For Folklife & Cultural Heritage

A Quest to Return the Banjo to Its African Roots | Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Center For Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Smithsonian Voices Smithsonian Center For Folklife & Cultural Heritage A Quest to Return the Banjo to Its African Roots February 16th, 2021, 12:00PM / BY Paul Ruta Black Banjo Reclamation Project founders Hannah Mayree and Carlton “Seemore Love” Dorsey, with banjos made by Brooks Masten of Brooks Banjos in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Avé-Ameenah Long) Of all the melodic musical instruments in…

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[the-brickhouse-art-gallery-love]

It’s rare that we get an opportunity to have “The Black Banjo Reclamation Project” here in Sacramento. So join us Saturday, March 19th for this amazing workshop and concert. Don’t miss it. (at The Brickhouse Gallery & Art Complex / OFFICIAL) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbO1sl8OVym/?utm_medium=tumblr