Baaba Maal: In Praise of the Female Voice – review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonPerhaps taking its cue from the US's recently revived, all-female festival Lilith Fair, comes the inaugural WOW (Women of the World) conference at London's Southbank centre. Alongside three days of discussions spanning the threat of violence to women and the deprivation of their freedom, to debates about witches, Essex girls and the colour pink, runs a music festival, with Senegalese musician Baaba Maal curating this centrepiece gig.Maal has long been an advocate of w...

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