Mansour Seck

Senegalese Mansour Seck is most beneficial known in worldwide circles for his close association with lifelong friend Baaba Maal. Since youth he continues to be Maal’s confident, coach and nearly a sibling. Both were blessed in Podor, Senegal. From the long type of vacationing dental historians, Seck was destined from delivery to become griot. But he is suffering from hereditary blindness therefore whenever he toured, Maal followed him. Both embarked upon their initial tour in 1977. It had taken them throughout Western world Africa where Seck discovered a lot more of indigenous histories and music. In 1981, Maal shifted to Paris, but delivered for Seck when he could afford it. They performed in Paris through 1984, if they came back to Senegal. Since that time Seck has continuing to primarily function in Maal’s music group Daande Lenol, and even though it really is an electrified contemporary music group, that also included traditional tools, Maal devotes a section of each concert for an acoustic program offering himself and Seck performing traditional songs associated with their guitars. Though he offers appeared on almost all of Maal’s albums, Seck didn’t record his 1st solo work (actually it had been manufactured in conjunction with fellow griot Ousmane Hamady Diop; Maal also shows up on the recording) N’der Fouta Tooro, Vol. 1 before middle-’90s. Two even more within the series are prepared. Though he’s adept at playing Maal’s even more modernized variations of African music, Seck continues to be preferred playing acoustic variations of the historic songs. His preferred topics are Senegalese tradition, traditions, and sociable complications. He also sings his fervent want peace so when he makes others pleased with his music, despite the fact that they might not really understand his terms, Seck understands he did his sacred work well and feels content material.