Senegalese Musician Baaba Maal Partners with Charity: Water

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Senegalese, Grammy-nominated musician Baaba Maal announced he will be putting out an exclusive digital reissue of his critically acclaimed album The Traveller along with a never-before-seen documentary. All proceeds from the album reissue (after credit card fees) will be going exclusively to charity: water, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries.

This exclusive digital reissue of The Traveller is only available via Baaba’s website. It features a new 50-minute documentary of his annual Blues Du Fleuve Festival in Senegal as well as a 12-minute short film featuring Baaba performing acoustically and talking about his involvement with charity: water. Here is a 3-minute clip:

Baaba Maal is a United Nations ambassador and is committed to advocating for women’s as well as children’s rights across Africa. A chance introduction between Baaba Maal and the charity at a private screening of his Blues Du Fleuve documentary resulted in this collaboration.