Fiddling Is My Joy: The Fiddle in African American Culture

by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496856555
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	06/18/2025
Series:	American Made Music Series
Pages:	556
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

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.