The music legend fighting to stop desertification in the Sahel
The region of the Senegal River is home to millions of people living in four Western African countries, Senegal, Mali, Guinea and Mauritania and its water is vital for the life of the population. But the area ,which is also part of the Sahel region, has been affected by climate change. Senegalese music legend, Baaba Maal, who is from this region, has vowed to fight to stop the desertification by planting trees and make it a green land. The 成人快手鈥檚
Ata Ahli Ahebla caught up with him.
(Baaba Maal performing on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival 2016.Credit: 成人快手)
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