Banning Eyre
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- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Banning Eyre
842: The Enigma of Baba Sora, 7/25/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
In this episode we hear the man, the music and the remembrances of those whose lives were changed by his extraordinary generosity.
615: Berber Rising, Part 2, 6/13/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
The long awaited follow-up to Afropop's popular 2002 program "Berber Rising" brings listeners up to date on music being made by the original inhabitants of North Africa, the ...
393: Berber Rising, Part 1, 6/6/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
The Amizigh, or Berber, are the original inhabitants of North Africa, which means their roots run deeper than the region’s better known Arab or European inhabitants.
471: East African Taarab, 5/30/2024
(59:01)
From: Afropop Worldwide
The "taarab" music of East Africa's Swahili coast offers an amazing history lesson.
516: Ethiopia Part 2: Diaspora and Return, 5/16/2024
(59:01)
From: Afropop Worldwide
Part 2 of our Hip Deep in Ethiopia series features insights from Professor Kay Shelemay of Harvard University, author most recently of Sing and Sing On: Sentinal Musicians ...
512: Ethiopia Part 1: Empire and Revolution, 5/9/2024
(59:01)
From: Afropop Worldwide
With ethnomusicologist Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Ethiopian music scholar and compiler Francis Falceto as guests, this Hip Deep program explores the role of the Ethiopian ...
477: Thomas Mapfumo - The War Years, 4/11/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
This Hip Deep edition explores the legendary early career of Thomas Mapfumo, a singer, composer and bandleader whose 1970s music set the stage for the birth of a new nation, ...
Women's History Month: Umm Kulthum - The Voice of Egypt
(59:01)
From: Afropop Worldwide
Wrapping up our Women's History Month series, we turn the Afropop spotlight on Egypt's Umm Kulthum. Combining historical, religious, literary and musical passions, Umm ...
837: Women's History Month: Afropop Women Warriors, 3/21/2024
(59:00)
From: Afropop Worldwide
This program focuses on four female artists whose music is full of challenging messages for a challenged world.
