Banning Eyre is an author, guitarist, photographer, and producer. He has written about international music, especially African music, since 1988 and has long served as lead producer for the syndicated, Peabody Award–winning public radio program Afropop Worldwide. He has also contributed to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and to many other publications.
Sona Jobarteh, the first woman to achieve an international profile playing the kora, is a singular figure in the pantheon of twenty-first-century African artists. Read Banning Eyre’s profile of her h…
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