It was almost inevitable that Baaba Maal would one day call an album The Traveller because for the Senegalese veteran travel and music are inextricable. The singer and guitarist belongs to the ...

One of Africa’s most beloved and critically acclaimed musicians, Baaba Maal, invites Uncut to a rare audience in his hometown, Podor. His rich, golden voice and music that hovers deftly between ...

Baaba Maal has a bed big enough to sleep six people in either direction. We’re at his house in Podor, his hometown at the northernmost point of Senegal, and he’s giving me the tour. If they made MTV ...

The top film at the box office this first weekend of December was not, as you might expect, a holiday film, but the second installment of the Black Panther franchise, "Wakanda Forever." It's earned ...

Baaba Maal is back in Britain next week. If he isn't yet as familiar a name here as his fellow Senegalese Youssou N'Dour, this is because of a sea-change he's helped to inspire. N'Dour cemented his ...

With the possible exception of Youssou N’Dour, Baaba Maal is Senegal’s internationally best known musician, with a recording career that now spans 20 years. So it may seem strange that this ...

This undated handout photo shows Senegalese singer-songwriter and activist Baaba Maal. Amid a changing, modernizing world with climate change threatening his home, Maal released his first album in ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Today sees the release of his beautiful new song "Agreement," the fourth ...

This album aims to nudge one of Africa's biggest stars into the North American consciousness. Maal mixes electronic elements with the welcome addition of Sabina Sciubba (vocals) and Didi Gutman ...

Amid a changing, modernizing world with climate change threatening his home, Senegalese singer-songwriter and activist Baaba Maal is releasing his first album in seven years, “Being,” on Friday. The ...

New York - The new war film Black Hawk Down has made headlines for its slick special effects and battle scenes, but many viewers may come away wondering about something altogether different: the ...

Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. His father was a fieldhand and, as such, Baaba Maal was expected to become a fieldhand as well. However, Baaba Maal ...