Billboard "In Griot Time" has the power to beguile even those who have never heard a note of West African music..."

Folk Roots Magazine "...one of the best can't-put-it-down roots music reads in recent memory...highly, highly recommended."

sonicnet.com "Eyre...makes the characters who comprise Bamako's music world come to life..."

Amazon.com July 23, 2000 "V.S. Naipaul fans: you will love this book!"

Charlie Gillett, BBC "Really wonderful!"

Maure Aronson Executive Director, World Music, Boston. "In Griot Time is Banning Eyre's gripping, entertaining and insightful journey into the world of music and the lives of musicians in Mali. It is an essential and extrodinary read for anyone interested in African and world music."

Professor Christopher Dunn Department of Music,
Tulane University
"In Griot Time is definitely useful for cultural studies/ethnomusicology courses. I teach a course called "Popular Music of Africaand the Diaspora" at the 300 (mid-range) level. I get undergrads of all years. There have been so few books written on contemporary African music compared to the many recent books about the Caribbean. I will surely use In Griot Time next time I teach the course."

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