Artist
Baaba Maal
Baaba Maal is a world/ethnic artist from Senegal, Africa formed in 1989. 36 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
World/Ethnic · Senegal, Africa · Best world/ethnic albums
- 36
- Releases
- 1989–2026
- Active years
- 1989
- Formed
Artist
Baaba Maal is a world/ethnic artist from Senegal, Africa formed in 1989. 36 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
World/Ethnic · Senegal, Africa · Best world/ethnic albums
Most popular
Firin' In Fouta
1994
Miskineebe
Single · 2026
JAALA-NDAAMA
Single · 2026
Ça est là
Single · 2026
Guewel
Single · 2026
Baaba-MAAL
Single · 2026
La Japonaise Bleue vers 19h19
Single · 2025
Afroculture
Single · 2025
Teddoungal Dub
Single · 2024
ndile
Single · 2023
Agreement (Beatrice Dillon Remix)
Single · 2023
Agreement
Single · 2023
Freak Out
Single · 2023
Freak Out (Baba Ali Remix)
Single · 2023
L'Africain
Single · 2023
Maayo Sénégal (Introduction)
Single · 2022
Yerimayo Celebration
Single · 2022
Gilli Men (Auntie Flo Remix)
Single · 2017
Gilli Men
Single · 2016
Fulani Rock (Remixes)
Single · 2016
Fulani Rock
Single · 2015
Baaba Maal (born 12 November 1953) is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary. Baaba Maal was expected to follow his father and become a fisherman. However, under the influence of his lifelong friend Mansour Seck, Baaba devoted himself to learning music from his mother and 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 is well known in Africa and internationally is probably Senegal's most famous musician after Youssou N'Dour. Baaba sings primarily in Pulaar and is 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. In 1998, Baaba recorded "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" for the Red Hot Organization’s compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody a tribute to George Gershwin which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting …
