and my guest today is baaba maal, a world renowned musician whose roots lie in northern senegal. his voice, guitar and rhythms have won him worldwide acclaim over five decades. he s sometimes labelled the voice of the sahel . but how much influence can that voice yield? baaba maal, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, it s great to have you back in this hardtalk studio. now, you have a new album out, being your first for several years and i was interested to see the other day you describe yourself these days as an elder. does it mean your music is sort of changing as you gain more and more experience and wisdom? it s not changing at all. it s just coming to this natural way of playing music. maybe it s a kind of reflecting of the first way i was writing songs, where i was much more relaxed, not under pressure, not in a hurry, just taking a lot of pleasure of being into a studio, sitting in the middle of a garden and picking up my guitar and playing music, and songs come
News. Jacob zuma has resigned as president of south africa with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address a short while ago, bringing to an end his turbulent nine years in power. Mr zuma, whos faced persistent allegations of corruption, said he disagreed with the way the ruling party, the anc, had demanded his resignation. Hell be formally succeeded by cyril ramaphosa, the new leader of the anc tomorrow. Our africa editor, fergal keane, has the latest. The moment of decision came late when he recognised he could not win. President jacob when he recognised he could not win. President jacob zuma addressed when he recognised he could not win. President jacob zuma addressed the South African nation and face reality. I was just yards from him when he said those words. The anc should never be divided in my name. I have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. And, with that statement, jacob zuma has brought to an end
And the legendary roots crew. Questlove 216 cleveland woo steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy welcome enjoy yourself, please. Sit down, enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome. We got a big show tonight. A hot show tonight. Steve hot jimmy this is the tonight show, baby. [ cheers and applause ] and you all made it. Im glad you all made it. Thank you very much for being here. Im your host, jimmy fallon. I want to start by wishing you a happy first day of summer. [ cheers and applause ] steve yeah. Jimmy thats right. Thanks, jimmy jimmy thats right. Youre welcome. Yeah. Today is the longest day of the year because its the beginning of the summer solstice. Or because you just blew a a 31 lead to lose to the Cleveland Cavaliers. I mean theres [ audience ohs ] steve oh hey ho jimmy of course, i do wanna say congrats to cleveland for their big win. Congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] last night, they made one of the biggest comebac
Road, end in the backyard of a home. Gene ellie is at the mar deep the nets Police Station with the latest twists and turns. Reporter rauj, police and witnesses say the driver of that cadillac had stab wounds and police say he lived here in martinez, investigators are looking into what may have happened to hem. We know he ran into a neighborhood with a trail of blood behind him after he crashed his car. Back there in the corner. I was sitting in that room right there. Reporter mike carlson was talking to a friend in his Pleasant Hill living room when they saw a man covered in blood in his backyard. I turned around, theres a guy with no shirt on, the back corner of my house, looked like he was maybe trying to jump the fence or Something Like that. Covered in blood. Reporter carlson says police swarmed his yard before he could call nip 11. They had a gun drawn on him. Then they were just asking a bunch of questions. Who stabbed him, he had stab wounds in his neck reporter the scene horri
Beatenberg, and the legendary roots crew. Questlove 216 cleveland woo steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy welcome enjoy yourself, please. Sit down, enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome. We got a big show tonight. A hot show tonight. Steve hot jimmy this is the tonight show, baby. [ cheers and applause ] and you all made it. Im glad you all made it. Thank you very much for being here. Im your host, jimmy fallon. I want to start by wishing you a happy first day of summer. [ cheers and applause ] steve yeah. Jimmy thats right. Thanks, jimmy jimmy thats right. Youre welcome. Yeah. Today is the longest day of the year because its the beginning of the summer solstice. Or because you just blew a a 31 lead to lose to the Cleveland Cavaliers. I mean theres [ audience ohs ] steve oh hey ho jimmy of course, i do wanna say congrats to cleveland for their big win. Congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] last night, they made one of the big