My homeland – the Sahel – is on its knees, brought low by conflict, hunger and disease. I am called the ‘Voice of the Sahel’. For years, it has fed my poetry and music. Now I raise that voice to call ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Via email, Maal explained that the tour, which includes ...

Baaba Maal has spoken to NME about his new record, making music all over the world, and his legacy whilst hoping “the whales singing in the background aren’t too loud”. His first album release since ...

Today on q: Toronto R&B singer Daniel Caesar, q This music panel with Lisa Christiansen and Stuart Berman, The Hollywood Reporter's Rebecca Keegan on Harvey Weinstein's trial, Senegalese singer and ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The evening began with a coup de théâtre — five drummers filing into the venue halfway down the stalls, ...

Toronto's Aga Khan Museum has announced an in-house residency from Grammy-nominated Senegalese singer, guitarist and percussionist Baaba Ma... This album aims to nudge one of Africa's biggest stars ...