Headline : Africa: Baaba Maal, Just Being

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Baaba Maal is an icon of African music. Alone with his lifelong friend and accompanist Mansour Seck, with his band Dande Lenol, or in any number of collaborations--including in the soundtrack to both Black Pantherfilms--he never fails to amaze with his otherworldly voice and brilliant songs. It's been a long time since he made an album, and in fact, he told the world he was done with recording. Then, lo and behold, he arrives in 2023 with Being, a set of seven spare, beautiful songs that take us back to the basics of his inimitable sound, featuring percussion, traditional strings, and especially that extraordinary voice. Producer Johan Hugo of the group The Very Best was clearly a catalyst, but when I reached Baaba by Zoom in Senegal last week, he said that even as he worked with Johan, he was really just having fun, with no intention of releasing an album. Happily, he changed his mind. Here's our conversation.

All photos of Baaba Maal by Matthew Donaldson.

Banning Eyre: Baaba, how great to speak with you again.

Baaba Maal: Do you know I am in this place on the way to Toubab Dialaw. We don't have fiber optic here. I was having difficulty getting a Zoom connection.

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