Palm World Voices Multimedia: Baaba Maal
Senegal's shining star is considered the voice of his people and was the first artist released on Palm Pictures. Crafting a distinctive sound that fuses traditional African music with pop and reggae elements, Baaba Maal lead the way in what was to be termed "Afro-pop''. This compilation showcases the master in various stages of his esteemed career.
Includes:
- 11-track CD featuring music by Bel Canto, Tinariwen, Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors, and more
- 60 minute DVD featuring Baaba Maal performances, interviews, and journeys through the Senegal's spectacular landscape and culture of art
- 40-page book with stunning photos of Africa accompanied by an essay by acclaimed British journalist Robin Denselow
- Exclusive poster map created by the National Geographic Society that provides more detail about the peoples, music, and geography of the subcontinent
Baaba Maal was not born into Senegal's griot caste of artists, so he defied convention by pursuing music instead of fishing the river where he grew up. But music was an integral part of his early childhood, thanks to the songs his mother created to educate him. Winning an art scholarship to the city of Dakar, he fell in with a 70-strong group of musicians before striking out with a friend on an exhaustive trek across West Africa, in search of music. He continued his education, studying theory and composition at a Parisian conservatory, and when he returned, he started his own band. His musical world grew as he listened to the music of the African diaspora, American artists like James Brown, Otis Redding, and Wilson Pickett, and Jamaican artists like Toots Hibbert, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff, who toured Senegal in the mid-seventies.
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