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   Kool to P.Roehling   
   Re: Banjo origin; Daniel Jattas official   
   31 Aug 06 23:29:48   
   
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   XPost: rec.music.country.old-time   
   From: Kool@koookright.org   
      
   "P.Roehling"  wrote in message   
   news:12ff79ikljuub9c@corp.supernews.com...   
   >   
   >>> So it is with the banjo, and had the Wright brothers been living in   
   >>> Gambia when they first flew, we would today refer to the airplane as   
   >>> being an African invention.   
   >>   
   >>Would that then be considered    *Afro - Engineering*   ?   
   >   
   > You'd think.   
      
      
      
   Dang!  That would make the thing a  JIG-RIG  then,  cool!   
      
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