41. Musician/Author Pascal Bokar on How West African Standards of Aesthetics Shaped Midwestern Music

Musician, author, and professor Pascal Bokar discusses the way
traditional sounds like the banjo originated in West Africa and
became mainstays of Midwestern music, as well as how the center
of any country represents its truest cultural expression. Check
out his new album American Trails and his book From Timbuktu to
the Mississippi Delta: How West African Standards of Aesthetics
Have Shaped the Music of the Delta Blues.