Danny 'Slapjazz' Barber and Sekani Thomas: An Apprenticeship in Hambone (aka Patting Juba) from your origins matter Watch Video
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Description: Master artist Danny ‘Slapjazz’ Barber (Spring Valley) and his apprentice Sekani Thomas (San Diego) participated in ACTA's 2009 Apprenticeship Program in an apprenticeship in hambone, or patting Juba, an African-American tradition which stems from life under slavery in the United States.nnDue to the Stono Insurrection in North Carolina in 1739, slaves were forbidden to own drums, which were a vital part of their cultural lives and highly regarded as a form of communication. Also prohibited to
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