Saanta Collective’s performance re-creates a Gaaf, a traditional Somali wedding afterparty, features Somali music and dance, ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Legendary Wabeeri Band singer Omar Abdulle Osman alias Shooli has died in a Mogadishu hospital, reports indicate, in yet another setback to the Somali music industry which is ...

Musician JD Steele, left, and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf of the music group Ardaa socialize during a rehearsal at the Pangea World Theatre in Minneapolis on April 1. When it comes to staying informed in ...

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Hamei, from left, Khadra, Abshiro and Kali Arte enjoy the music and film the dancing during the Somali Independence Day celebration in downtown Willmar, Minnesota, on Saturday, June 29, 2024.

A new musical is emerging from Harlem that fuses gospel, hip-hop, and American Sign Language (ASL) into a groundbreaking theatrical experience. Somalia: The Musical, created by Black Deaf filmmaker ...

Somalis are natural-born critics, yet for over six decades Axmed Naaji Sacad (Ahmed Naji Sa'ad) was almost unanimously revered. A household name in urban Somalia, the popular singer and poet has ...

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GENEVA, November 2 (UNHCR) - Born in Mogadishu, Siham and Iman Hashi are the first female Somali artists to sign a record deal with a major American label. After the civil war broke out in Somalia in ...

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 ...