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Baaba Maal on BBC Network Africa

  • Artist: BBC World Service
  • Title: Baaba Maal speaks to Rachael Akidi on Network Africa
  • Length: 6:13 minutes (2.85 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)

 

Baaba Maal in conversation in Copenhagen, December 2009As the UN's climate change conference drew to a close, the world-renowned Senegalese musician and Africa Talks Climate ambassador, Baaba Maal, talked to the BBC's Rachael Akidi about his participation in the summit.
 

"Normally Africans don't have voices in places like this, and to use my voice on behalf of Africa [to talk about important issues] is a good thing to do."

 

First broadcast on BBC Network Africa, 17 December 2009