Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal

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There Will Be Time
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Agreement
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Freak Out
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Yerimayo Celebration
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African Woman

Albums

  • ndile

    Aug 2023 • 1 song

  • Freak Out

    Jun 2023 • 1 song

  • Agreement

    Apr 2023 • 1 song

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Baaba Maal

Biography

A superstar in his native Senegal, spiritual pop singer Baaba Maal was not even born to be a performer -- in West African culture, tradition dictates that the ancient griot caste must produce the singers and storytellers, and Maal was born in the city of Podor in 1953 into the fisherman's caste. Despite his parents' insistence that he become a lawyer, he grew up surrounded by music, absorbing both the traditional sounds of the region as well as American R&B and soul, later discovering jazz and blues. As a teen Maal moved to Dakar, joining the 70-piece orchestra Asly Fouta and ...
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