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A-List Pick: Baaba Maal
ONE is turning to its community of artists, friends, members and staff for their top picks on creative works that have enhanced their knowledge and understanding of the richness of African culture and arts. Today we have a recommendation from our ONE team, Edith Jibunoh.
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Edith Jibunoh:
Baaba Maal is an amazing Senegalese singer, guitarist and percussionist. The son of a fisherman, from Podor Senegal, his path to becoming one of the most famous Senegalese musicians was both improbable and inspiring. And on top of all that, he’s built a high profile in Africa as a public intellectual, and was named the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Youth Emissary in 2003. He joined in our effort to push the G8 to do more to fight poverty in Africa during the 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles, making a speech in support of the Make Poverty History Campaign in Edinburgh and addressing the Rally in advance of the Summit.
This past week, Baaba Maal and ONE co-founder Bono sang on stage together in London.
Check out his album Mi Yeewnii, which came out in 2001. He also has a new album called Television which just came out on June 1st. I highly recommend them both. http://www.baabamaal.tv/home.html
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