[Afropop] Baaba Maal is an icon of African music. Alone with his lifelong friend and accompanist Mansour Seck, with his band Dande Lenol, or in any number of collaborations--including in the soundtrack to both Black Pantherfilms--he never fails to amaze with his otherworldly voice and brilliant songs. It's been a long time since he made an album, and in fact, he told the world he was done with recording. Then, lo and behold, he arrives in 2023 with Being, a set of seven spare, beautiful songs that take us back to th