Sweet as broken dates : lost Somali tapes from the horn of Africa

Additional Titles: Lost Somali tapes from the horn of Africa
Published: [New York, New York] : Ostinato, [2017]
Copyright Date: ℗2017
Physical Description: 1 audio disc (1 hr., 19 min., 45 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 12x15 cm)
4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators: Sohonie, Vik, Maxamed Daahir Afrax, Woolner, Christina, Hassan, Kenedid, Wetter, Andreas, Sanaag, Nuur, Mohamed Maalow, Caydiid, Cabdinaasir Macalin, Daljir, Abdinur, Sheikholeslami, Nicolas, Djassi, Janto, Jamaac, Nimco, Camaari, Aamina, Nuur, Ali, Nuura, Hibo, Hilowle, Faduumina, Hussen, Mahmud Abdalla, Naasir, Maryan, Diiriye, Xasan, Dawo, Sahra, Hiiraan, Xaawo, Hargeysa, Danan, Abdihashi, Mohamed, Qaasim, Faadumo, Ramadan, Muqtar Idi, Gacaltooyo Band, Iftiin Band, Dur-Dur Band, Sharaf Band, 4 Mars (Musical group), Shaero Band, and Waaberi Band

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Language Note

Sung in Somali.

Contents

Buuraha u dheer = The highest mountains (Nimco Jamaac) (5:49) -- Rag waa nacab iyo nasteexo = Men are cuel and kind (Aamina Camaari) (6:01) -- Unknown (Ali Nuur) (5:21) -- Haddii hoobalko gabay = If the artist let's you down (Hibo Nuura) (4:33) -- Ninkaan ogayn = He who does not know (Gacaltooyo Band feat. Faduumina Hilowle) (4:07) -- Xuduud ma leh xubigaan = This love has no boundaries (Iftiin Band feat. Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir) (7:15) -- Qaarami = Love (Xasan Diiriye) (6:42) -- Gorof = Elixir (Dur Dur Band feat. Sahra Dawo) (5:46) -- Kadeed badanaa naftaydani = My life is full of tribulations (Sharaf Band feat. Xaawo Hiiraan) (5:32) -- Na daadhihi = Guide us (4 Mars) (4:33) -- Uur hooyo = Mother's womb (Danan Hargeysa feat. Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi (6:09) -- Qays iyo layla = Romeo & Juliet (Shaero Band feat. Faadumo Qaasim) (3:46) -- Oktoobar waatee? Waa taayadii = What's October? It's ours (Waaberi Band) (4:44) -- Duruuf maa laygu diidee = Rejected due to my circumstances (Dur Dur Band feat. Muqtar Idi Ramadan) (4:23) -- Anaa Qaylodhaanta (Iftiin Band feat. Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen) (5:23). and Booklet: Sweet as broken dates: the untold story of the Somali sound / Vik Sohonie -- The flourishing of Somali music in the Mogadishu of the seventies / by Maxamed Daahir Afrax PhD -- Hoyga sugaanta: war & music in Hargesia, Somaliland / by Christina Woolner & Kenedid Hassan -- The Somali music of Djibouti / by Andreas Wetter -- Q&A with Max'ed Cumar aka Sanaag -- Interviews.

Subject(s)

Genre(s)

Duration

["01:19:45"]

Sound Characteristics

1.4 m/s
digital
optical
stereo

Medium of Performance

ensemble 1 1

Digital File Characteristics

CD audio
audio file

Note

Popular songs from Somalia.
Title from disc label.
Previously released recordings.
Program notes and interviews with the performers in English (36 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color)) inserted in container.

Participant/Performer Note

Various performers.

Data/Place of Event

Recorded 1969-2002, various locations.

Source of Acquisition

Purchased with funds from the Henry Levine Memorial Libraries Endowment; 2017

Endowment Note

Henry Levine Memorial Libraries Endowment

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