SOURCE: Marsh, Carol P. “The Plastic Arts Motif in Roots.” CLA Journal 26, no. 3 (March 1983): 325-33.
In the following essay, Marsh traces the significance of three major crafts—carving, weaving, and blacksmithing—in the multi-generational saga of the African family traced in Roots.
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