An internationally-renowned artist is using music to help connect the Somali youth to their cultural identity. Mohammed BK, who aims to connect Somalis in Bristol with their heritage, has been ...
Laab Salaah has written more than 400 songs and worked with more than 100 Somali artists in the past decade When a nationally renowned musician flies over from Somaliland to explain the culture behind ...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) received a less-than-warm welcome from a largely Somalian crowd in her home state on Saturday at a music event that took place during Somali Week. Footage of the event at the ...
In a Minneapolis rehearsal room, a group of Somali musicians gathers in a circle, playing music rooted in the cafés of Mogadishu. The sound is emotional, rhythmic and steeped in memory. It’s called ...
London, the United Kingdom – When Nimco Happy’s Isii Nafta (Love You More Than My Life) went viral on social media last year, many saw it as a significant step towards Somali music entering the ...
One of Somalia's most legendary singers has died. Khadija Abdullahi Daleys was known as the mother of Somali music, and we have an appreciation. The woman known as the mother of Somali music died over ...
‘Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From the Horn of Africa’ Review: A Cultural Legacy Rescued
Largely ignored by audiences outside its borders, the popular music of Somalia in the 1970s and ’80s was informed in part by culture-quaking politics: the establishment in 1969 of the Somali ...
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