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 devoted himself to learning music from his mother and from his school's headmaster. He went on to study music at the university in Dakar before leaving for postgraduate studies on a scholarship at Beaux Arts in Paris. He has become quite famous in Africa. He is the most internationally famous musician from Senegal, except perhaps Yossou N'Dour. Baaba is also the foremost promoter of the traditions of the Pulaar speaking peoples who live on either side of the Senegal River in the ancient Senegalese kingdom of Futa Tooro Jump to: navigation, search The acoustic archtop guitar used in Jazz features steel strings The guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Podor is the northernmost town in Senegal, lying on Morfil Island between the River Senegal and River Doué. It is home to a ruined French fort, built in 1854 as a centre for gold trading, and was the birthplace of Baaba Maal. ... The Senegal River, in West Africa, forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... (City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes darrondissement) City proper (commune) Région Dakar Département Dakar Mayor Pape Diop (PDS) (since 2002) Area 82. ... A scholarship is an award of access to an institution and/or a financial aid award for an individual (a scholar) for the purposes of furthering their education. ... ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day... Picture of artist (PHOTO BY GALILEA NIN) Youssou Ndour (born October 11, 1959 in Dakar, Senegal) is a singer. ... The Fula language is a language of West Africa, spoken by the Fula people from Senegal to Cameroon and Sudan. ... Futa Tooro refers to the region on both sides of the Senegal River in modern day Senegal and Mauritaniathat converted to Islamin the early eighteenth century. ...

Incomplete discography

• Djam Leelii (with Mansour Seck)
• Baayo
• Lam Tooro
• Nomad Soul
• Firin' in Fouta
• Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)
• Palm World Voices: Baaba Maal

The first widely known release by Baaba Maal and guitarist Mansour Seck. ... Omikron (or The Nomad Soul) is a Windows 9x and Sega Dreamcast 3D adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published in 1999 by Eidos Interactive. ... Firin in Fouta is an album by Senegalese singer and guitarist Baaba Maal. ...

Import releases

• Jombaajo
• Ngalanka
• Ndilane

Links

• Official site
• African Music Encyclopedia entry
• Afropop.org entry
• Info page at WorldBeatPlanet