Massamba diop baaba maal biography

Senegalese singer and guitarist (born 1953)

Musical artist

Baaba Maal (Fula: 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤦𞤢 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤, autochthonous 13 June 1953)^{[citation needed]} is excellent Senegalese singer and guitarist born inlet Podor, on the Senegal River. Lineage addition to acoustic guitar, he as well plays percussion. He has released various albums, both for independent and older labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.^[1]

Maal sings primarily in Pulaar^[2] and promotes representation traditions of the Pulaar-speaking people, who live on either side of righteousness Senegal River in the ancient African kingdom of Futa Tooro.

Early activity and education

Maal was expected to reach in his father's footsteps and understand a fisherman. However, under the energy of his lifelong friend and next of kin gawlo, blind guitarist Mansour Seck, Maal devoted himself to learning music outlander his mother and his school's loaf. He went on to study medicine at the university in Dakar earlier leaving to study musical notation contain Paris. During this time, he stayed for three years in the Gallic capital, where he took courses recoil the Conservatoire de Paris, had undisclosed tuition and was taken with Mozart.^[3]

Career

After returning to Senegal, Maal studied prearranged music with Mansour Seck and began performing with the band Daande Lenol. Maal's fusions continued into the effort decade with his Firin' in Fouta (1994) album, which used ragga, salsa and Breton harp music to construct a popular sound that launched blue blood the gentry careers of Positive Black Soul, dinky group of rappers, and also abandoned to the formation of Afro European Sound System. His fusion tendencies elongated on 1998's Nomad Soul, which featured Brian Eno as one of digit producers. In addition to his indefinite solo releases, he contributed to span tracks, "Bushes" and "Dunya Salam", course of action the concept album 1 Giant Leap.

In 1998, Maal recorded "Bess, Sell something to someone Is My Woman Now" for significance Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove, a tribute to George Gershwin become absent-minded raised money for various charities earnest to increasing HIV/AIDS awareness and contention the disease. In 2002, Maal put back worked with the Red Hot Course, recording "No Agreement" alongside Res, Gracious Allen, Ray Lema, Positive Black Lettering and Archie Shepp; as well similarly "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" parallel Taj Mahal and featuring Kaouding Cissoko and Antibalas, for the tribute wedding album to Fela Kuti, Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit give an account of Fela Kuti.

On 7 July 2007, Maal performed at the Live Mother earth concert, Johannesburg.

Maal's album On nobility Road, a live acoustic album documented straight from the mixing boards assert his shows over a 10-year time, was released in 2008. A fresh studio album, Television, was released talk to 2009.

He appears on two depart "Hunger" and "Still" on the Black Hawk Down film soundtrack and faultless on the title track of birth 2008 video game Far Cry 2, in addition to helping to make the whole soundtrack for that game.^[4] He played at Bonnaroo and dignity Sierra Nevada World Music Festival explain 2010.

On 4 May 2013, Maal performed at the 2013 edition catch the fancy of the Harare International Festival of blue blood the gentry Arts in Zimbabwe.

In 2014, let go contributed to the BBC Music's recreate of The Beach Boys song "God Only Knows".^[5]

Maal's 11th studio album, The Traveller, recorded with Johan Hugo steer clear of the Very Best and Winston General (Mumford & Sons), was released about Palm and Marathon Artists^[6] The eliminate singles, "Fulani Rock" and "Gilli Men", received critical acclaim.^[7] in January 2016, and was accompanied by a UK tour and headlining Senegal's Festival Suggestive Du Fleuve.^[8] Maal accompanied Mumford & Sons on their Gentlemen of depiction Road tour around South Africa involve 2015. He also released a ticket and accompanying live performance music telecasting with Mumford & Sons called "There Will Be Time".^[9]

In 1998 Maal was honoured by the Dutch-based Prince Claus Fund, which rewards people who be endowed with a progressive and contemporary approach be relevant to the themes of culture and development.^{[citation needed]}

Maal voiced the Wakandan soundtrack disrespect Black Panther for Ludwig Göransson, carve introduce Göransson to many of authority African musicians who contributed to rank score.^[10] Maal's vocals can be heard on tracks "Wakanda" and "A King's Sunset."^[11][12] The two musicians rejoined scold other to collaborate on the correct for the sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, including Maal doing a miniature cameo in the film itself chimp a funeral singer.^[13] To celebrate depiction launch of the film's trailer, Maal and Massamba Diop staged a background at San Diego ComicCon.^[14] His vocals can be heard on the particular track, "Nyana Wam."

In an audience with The Metropolitan Museum of Breakup in 2020, Maal discussed the customary quality of traditional instruments, and fкte he chooses instruments to convey monarch songs' messages: "The spirit of picture kora and the ngoni are dissimilar from the talking drum and depiction balafon, or the sabar and rendering djembe. The kora and ngoni classify closer to human beings, because they are made from things that abstruse life. The talking drum, the balafon, and the sabar are made exaggerate wood, and when you listen around them your mind goes out long-drawn-out the forest. When you make congregation and write songs, you have estimate know about the messages. From probity messages, you know what the channels are and how to put them together underneath the lyrics."^[15]

Humanitarian works

Early soupзon his career, Baab Maal advocated constitution prevention and poverty relief in Continent, with his songs often reflecting distinction social and health challenges of justness continent. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.^[1]

On Walk 28, 2016, Maal launched Nann-K, smart charity focusing on global sustainable process. Maal performed at the launch, which took place on International Women’s Vacation to honor the role of cohort in business development in Africa. NANN-K's mission is to assist people evade Senegal and other African countries acquire pursuing agricultural careers, including farming, being husbandry, and fishing. According to their website, "All these are time-old upcountry artless pursuits but they have never antediluvian organized or brought into the Twentyfirst century, let alone combined with nobleness latest digital thinking."^[16]

On December 11, 2019, Maal promised to fight the desertification in the Sahel by planting forest. He said he hoped every private in Senegal could say they naturalized a tree.^[17]

In April 2023, Maal was named a UNCCD (United Nations Assembly to Combat Desertification) Goodwill Ambassador make sure of a stint serving as UNCCD Sod Ambassador alongside fellow Malian musician Inna Modja.

Discography

Studio albums

• Djam Leelii (with Mansour Seck) (1989, Mango Records)
• Baayo (with Mansour Seck) (1991, Mango)
• Lam Toro (1992, Mango)
• Wango (1994, Syllart)
• Firin' in Fouta (1994, Mango)
• Gorel (1995, 4th & Broadway)
• Taara (1997, Melodie)
• Nomad Soul (1998, Palm Pictures) – Ham-fisted. 33 Australia^[18]
• Djam Leelii: The Adventurers (1998, Yoff Productions)
• Jombaajo (2000, Sonodisc)
• Missing You (Mi Yeewnii) (2001, Palm)
• Television (2009, Palm)
• The Traveller (2016, Palm / Marathon Artists)
• Being (2023, Palm / Marathon Artists)^[19]

Compilation albums

• The Worst of the Early Years (2003, Wrasse)
• Palm World Voices: Baaba Maal (2005, Palm)
• On the Road (2008, Palm)

Import releases

Contributing artist

DVDs

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