For the rest of his career. But at Least Myjudgment was right. Very down to earth, very straightforward, very grounded, a wonderful marriage, lovely family. Part of him couldnt believe what what had happened to him. And the other half enjoyed it. And but he never lost sight of his roots, which were pretty well delineated by him on many programmes. Live now to Gloria Hunniford, presenter of Rip Off Britain on bbc one, as well as a myriad of other programmes through the years. Gloria, you knew Michael Parkinson for many of those years. What are your thoughts right now . My thoughts toda are your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because in your thoughts right now . My thoughts today are just sadness, because in a l today are just sadness, because in a weird, naive way, i thought mich
a world renowned musician whose roots lie in northern senegal. his voice, guitar and rhythms have won him worldwide acclaim over five decades. he 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 comes naturally and i think this is what i
This industry, and engaging with his audience, what exactly do we mean by that, and how is it that michael. was it natural to him, did he work on it? did he develop? i just was it naturalto him, did he work on it? did he develop? i ust think that he was on it? did he develop? i ust think that he was an i on it? did he develop? ijust think that he was an all-round - on it? did he develop? ijust think that he was an all-round person. l on it? did he develop? ijust think. that he was an all-round person. his that he was an all round person. his passion for cricket, his passion for music, his passion for people, and his kindness. i give you one example. when my daughter, caron, died, she was writing two books and ifinish them off died, she was writing two books and i finish them off and amalgamated them. that is when i was asked to go on his television programme. when i look back on it, it was a dream for me. i neverthought look back on it, it was a dream for me. i never thoughti look b
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Foundation, which is supposed to be working on finding new techniques in farming and fishing to work with climate change to ensure that people can still make a livelihood. and to fight desertification. i don t want to rain on your parade, baaba, but yourfoundation has been going on for six or seven years, but it doesn t mean to be making much difference. you yourself said of the sahel, it is on its knees, brought low by conflict, hunger and disease. so despite your very best efforts and all your advocacy and activism, i m not sure that you believe the sahel is going in the right direction. sahel is not going in the right direction. and everyone knows that. and i m ready to launch maybe another album between now and next year if some young musicians from all over the sahel, just to rise up our voices again to say hey, it s not over, all the suffering on the sahel. because there is no education.