Banning Eyre is an American guitarist, musicologist, writer, photographer, and producer specializing in the

music of Africa The continent of Africa is vast and its music is diverse, with different Regions of Africa, regions and List of African countries, nations having many distinct musical traditions. African music includes the genres like makwaya, highlife, Mbu ...

. He has produced the

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-winning radio show ''

Afropop Worldwide ''Afropop Worldwide'' is a radio program that presents the musics of Africa and the African diaspora. The program is produced by Sean Barlow for World Music Productions in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. It is hosted by the veteran Cameroo ...

'' and is author of several books on African music including ''AFROPOP! An Illustrated Guide to Contemporary African Music'' (with Sean Barlow), ''In Griot Time, An American Guitarist in Mali'', ''Lion Songs: Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe'', the instructional guide ''Guitar Atlas: Africa'', and a report on

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for the Danish human rights organization Freemuse entitled ''Playing With Fire, Fear and Self-Censorship in Zimbabwean Music''. He also contributed to the Cambridge Companion series volume on the

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

. Eyre lives in

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Banning Eyre's homepage
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