Maal, Baaba

LC control no.	n 92043825
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML420.M115 Biography
Personal name heading	Maal, Baaba *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Maal, Baba
Associated country	Senegal
Birth date	19531112
Place of birth	Podor (Senegal)
Affiliation	Daande Lenõl (Musical group) École des Arts (Dakar, Senegal) Conservatoire des Beaux Arts (Paris, France)
Profession or occupation	Singers Musicians
Found in	His Baayo [SR] p1991: label (Baaba Maal) All music guide WWW site, Mar. 31, 2003 (Baaba Maal; b. 1953, Podor, Senegal; singer and guitarist) Djam leeli, 199-: container insert (Baba Maal) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March, 10, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Maal, Baaba; popular singer, Senegalese musician; born 12 November 1953 in Podor, Senegal; attended École des Arts school, Dakar; visited Mauritania, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, on a two-year journey; well-known figure in Senegal, Europe in early 1980s; received musical education in Paris, Conservatoire des Beaux Arts (1982); created his own group, Daande Lenol (“The Voice of the People”), Pulaar (1985); tour in Europe (1986-1987), recorded the album Wango (1988); performed as solo artist, with traditional Senegalese instruments, 21-string kora, four-string hoddua lute; became activist and a musical icon in 1st decade of 21st century; created a new music festival in Senegal, Les Blues du Fleuve (2006); was involved in social causes; performed at 2007 concert dedicating proceeds to antimalaria campaigns; United Nations named him youth ambassador; spoke at world climate summit, Copenhagen (2009), warned that Africans were suffering because of global warming; one of the most memorable West African musicians of late 20th - early 21st centuries)