Two Senegalese music giants, kora maestro Seckou Keita and celebrated singer Baaba Maal have recorded a beautiful single titled Homeland (Seckou Keita Music).
At the beginning of 2021, Seckou set himself the ambition to release a series of Pan-African collaborations throughout the year and beyond, with the aim of releasing an album in a few years. In February 2021, Seckou released his first single ‘Elles Sont Toutes Belles’ featuring the popular Senegalese singer, Aida Samb. Homeland is the second track.
While Seckou (Mandinka) praises life in the green and lush Casamance (southern Senegal), for Baaba Maal (Halpular), home is Podor, a former river stop-over located in the heart of the historic region of Fouta-Toro in northern Senegal, a semi-desert region on the border of Mauritania. Seckou and Baaba both sing about the simple joys and beauty of everyday life.
Homeland celebrates things many take for granted, as simple as food, the intimate connections to the elderly, children playing in the streets, a general joyful spirit, and the exceptional natural, and still preserved landscapes that surround them.
The lineup includes Seckou Keita on kora, vocals, sabar drums; Baaba Maal on vocals; Cheick Niang on guitars; Christian Obam on bass; Tom Colvin on programmed strings and percussion; and Hakim on drumbeats.
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Author: World Music Central News Room
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