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 A four-string banjo | |
| Classification | string |
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| Inventor(s) | Surinamese Creole peoples |
| Developed | Late 1700s-present |
The banjo is a string instrument, that was first played by African slaves in the United States a few hundred years ago. The idea came from other African instruments. The name banjo may have come from a Kimbundu word: mbanza, but it could have also come from a Senegambian word for the bamboo stick used for the banjo's neck.
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