Senegalese icon Baaba Maal highlights traditional instruments and musical storytelling of the Sahel in this rare acoustic performance in The Met's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
This program is made possible in part by The Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara on view at The Met Fifth Avenue through August 23, 2020.
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/sahel-art-empire-sahara
The exhibition is made possible by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund, the Diane W. and James E. Burke Fund, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Laura G. & James J. Ross, and The International Council of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Baaba Maal, vocals and guitar
Cheikh Ndoye, Ngoni bass
© 2020 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Baaba Maal
Senegalese icon Baaba Maal highlights traditional instruments and musical storytelling of the Sahel in this rare acoustic performance in The Met's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
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