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Acclaimed Senegalse singer/songwriter and guitarist Baaba Maal is a member of the semi-nomadic Fulani people. He first left his home in Podor, Senegal to perform music hundreds of miles away as a teenager — and he has been a wanderer ever since. “It’s part of my culture,” Maal says. “The songs travel from village to village, from country to country. It’s something natural to my tribe and this…

The Wakanda Forever presentation kicked off with a rousing musical performance by musicians Baaba Maal, Massamba Diop, along with dancers and drummers, followed by an intro from director Ryan Coogler.

[Coogler] shared a sweet story about his first appearance at Comic-Con sitting next to late star Chadwick Boseman, and how the actor expressed his excitement over seeing the first footage from the film by squeezing Coogler's shoulder.

"He was really strong and he was getting excited and as the clip went on he was squeezing my shoulder the whole time and when it finished, I couldn't even lift my arm," Coogler recalled. "I felt his hand for the rest of that day. Standing here with you all, listening to that music and thinking about it all, I promise you I can feel his hand on me right now."

He continued: "Chad is no longer with us physically but his spirit, his passion, his genius, his pride in his culture and the impact that he made on this industry will be felt forever. We put our love for Chadwick into this film and we also put our passion." it's a roller coaster of a movie."

Cast members in attendance included: Mabel Cadena, Michaela Cole, Winston Duke, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta, Florence Kasumba, Alex Livinalli, Lupita Nyong'o, Dominique Thorne and Letitia Wright -- several of whom expressed their emotions in being back at Comic-Con, celebrating the sequel with their film family.

"One of the biggest moments [I've experienced recently] is watching these amazing artists," said Gurira, about watching the opening musical performance. "I was raised in southern Africa, where my parents are from in Zimbabwe and I was always looking up to America and how it made superheroes on the big screen, so to see that merging happening, seeing all your cameras up and you're taking in that culture and you're celebrating it, that to me is everything. That is what I got to be a part of."

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Look, I KNOW that all of us fandom type peeps have a TEENY TINY TENDENCY to see our OTPs IN EVERYTHING, and for A LOT OF US, music, MUSIC is like the ULTIMATE GATEWAY, right? And I mean, we reach, right? We will like REEEEACH to make whatever song we are listening to at the moment FIT, right? (I mean, you know I’m right, right?)

What is my point? MY POINT?! My point is that for the lot of us on the Good Omens Ineffable Husband train (which, if I am doing my math right, is approximately 99.999% of tumblr atm) HAVE I GOT A SONG FOR YOU. And LIKE, I AM NOT EVEN REACHING ON THIS ONE, I SWEAR IT. Like, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT.* 

Ahem what was I saying? Ahhh! YES! THE MUSIC! Or, well, ONE SONG REALLY. SO THIS IS THE SONG: 

“There Will Be Time” by Mumford & Sons and Baaba Maal. Some of the lyrics are in Pulaar, but the video above provides a translation, AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT and they FIT SO WELL!! 

And because I am a kind and caring (and OBSESSED) individual, I have written them down here for you too:

[In Pulaar]

Listen to me, I want to tell you something The reason I love you is because You are the only one who has taught me how to love And appreciate life

[In English]

In the cold light, I live to love and adore you It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have In the cold light, I live, I only live for you It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have

[In Pulaar]

To feel hurt and feel joy Feelings that come from loving you Situations can change between the morning and the night But our love for each other stays the same It stays strong It is constant, and it remains true

[In English]

So open up my eyes to a new light I wandered ‘round your darkened land all night But I lift up my eyes to a new high And indeed there would be time

But in the cold light, I live to love and adore you It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have And in the cold light I live, I only live for you It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have

And in the cold light, I live to love and adore you It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have In the cold light, I live to love and adore you It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have Why do I keep falling? Why do I keep falling?

A time to love A time to sing, a time to shine A time to leave, a time to stay There is a time, a time to cry A time to love, a time to live There is a time, a time to sing A time to love

And in the cold light, I live to love and adore you It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have In the cold light, I live, I only live for you It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have Why do I keep falling? Why do I keep falling?