Baoabab Orchestra is among the most successful African groups. Their 'afro-son', inspired by Cuban dance music, brought uin the seventies hips of West Africa on the move. The group was founded in 1970 and named for the distinctive baobab tree is everywhere in Senegal found. Several influential musicians passed through the ranks of the group. In 1987, the group fell apart because the Senegalese public
… would rather hear the mbalax. From the West increased interest in the group and in 2001 the band met again. The album Pirates choiche was one of the best-selling African albums of 2001.more