Since his father was a fisherman, Baaba Maal was expected to become a fisherman as well. However, under the influence of his life long friend Mansour Seck, Baaba Maal 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 has become quite famous in Africa and is also the most internationally famous musician from Senegal, with the possible exception of Youssou N'Dour.

Considerado "la auténtica e inolvidable voz del África moderna", el cantante ha popularizado la música senegalesa y ha prestado su imagen a diversas campañas de movilización social en el continente africano.

A collection of songs from the first three albums in the career of the Senegalese star Baaba Maal. Essentially what's presented here are tracks from Wango, Baayo, and Lam Toro: the days with his Dande Lenol group.

Since his father was a fisherman, Baaba Maal was expected to become a fisherman as well. However, under the influence of his life long friend Mansour Seck, Baaba Maal 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 has become quite famous in Africa and is also the most internationally famous musician from Senegal, with the possible exception of Youssou N'Dour.

Gnawa (transcrito también como gnaua, gnaoua, guennaua, etc.) es el nombre que reciben en Marruecos y otros lugares del Mágreb los miembros de una serie de cofradías cofradías místicas musulmanas caracterizadas por su origen subsahariano y por el uso de cantos, danzas y rituales sincréticos como medios para llegar al trance. El término se refiere también al estilo musical de reminiscencias subsaharianas practicado por estas cofradías o por músicos que se inspiran en ellas. Es uno de los géneros principales del folklore de Marruecos.

Con su poderosa voz Maal vuelve a distinguirse como la voz que canta en lenguas africanas con gran variedad de texturas en su voz acompañada con el ritmo distintivo de los tambores tam tam-y la brillantez de la kora.