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  2. Soomaaliyeey toosoo - Wikipedia

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    Soomaaliyeey toosoo" is a well-known Somali song that dates from the early 1940s. It was first composed by Yusuf Haji Adam and Cali Mire Cawaale. It was first composed by Yusuf Haji Adam and Cali Mire Cawaale.

  3. Aar Maanta - Wikipedia

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    Maanta produces an eclectic mix of styles blended with traditional Somali music, including the classical oud-centred Qaraami ("love songs" in Somali) style of the 1940s.. According to him, traditional Somali music shares many similarities with that of North Africa, and Somali musical genres draw from a diverse range of influences, such as Arabic and Indian sou

  4. Sahra Halgan - Wikipedia

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    Halgan was born in 1972 in Hargeisa, Somalia, at the time led by Mohamed Siad Barre. [2] At 13 years old, she began to sing. [3] Performing on the stage and singing in public is frowned upon by her community, but she has persisted. [4] The Somali civil war broke out in the late 1970s against Barre.

  5. Somali aristocratic and court titles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Somali aristocratic and court titles that were historically used by the Somali people's various sultanates, kingdoms and empires. Also included are the honorifics reserved for Islamic notables as well as traditional leaders and officials within Somali customary law ( xeer ), in addition to the nobiliary particles set aside for ...

  6. Music of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    Somali songs are pentatonic.That is, they only use five pitches per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale such as the major scale.At first listen, Somali music might be mistaken for the sounds of nearby regions such as Oromo in Ethiopia, Sudan or the Arabian Peninsula, but it is ultimately recognizable by its own unique tunes and styles.

  7. Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec - Wikipedia

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    somali-music.com /artists /mahamed-tubeec Musical artist Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec ( Somali : Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec ), (1941– 11 March 2014) was a Somali singer, songwriter and record producer. he gained the nickname of " King of Voice."

  8. National anthem of Somalia (1960–2000) - Wikipedia

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    The Somali Republic was formed on 1 July 1960 following the union of the newly independent Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland, now Somalia) and the State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland, now Somaliland).

  9. Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade - Wikipedia

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    In 1936, Abdillahi Suldaan migrated to Harar, where he worked in a restaurant owned by one of his uncles. [1] After having spent some time in Ethiopia and Djibouti in the 1940s and 1950s, he returned to Gabiley and took part in the independence movements against the then ruling British administration of the former British Somaliland protectorate .