CULTURETECHLENSBaaba Maal
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Combined Graph record U-01218 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0199. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Senegalese singer Baaba Maal formed the group Daande Lenol in 1985; in 2018 he helped composer Ludwig Goransson soundtrack Marvel's Black Panther and was established as the Voice of Wakanda, also featuring in the 2022 sequel Wakanda Forever (per Playing for Change artist page).
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Senegalese singer Baaba Maal formed the group Daande Lenol in 1985; in 2018 he helped composer Ludwig Goransson soundtrack Marvel's Black Panther and was established as the Voice of Wakanda, also featuring in the 2022 sequel Wakanda Forever (per Playing for Change artist page).
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Senegalese singer Baaba Maal formed the group Daande Lenol in 1985; in 2018 he helped composer Ludwig Goransson soundtrack Marvel's Black Panther and was established as the Voice of Wakanda, also featuring in the 2022 sequel Wakanda Forever (per Playing for Change artist page).
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