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

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: What do you remember from music class? Remember that when you were a kid? Did you learn the xylophone, maybe the recorder, singing folk songs ...

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Rep. Ilhan Omar was booed over the weekend while attending a Somali music festival in her home state of Minnesota. Mrs. Omar, the only Somali-American member of Congress, was met with jeers while ...

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.

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 Somalia, a lack of professional musical training opportunities, a conservative culture, and strict Islam practices which discourage music often leave aspiring musicians with few options. To combat ...

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 ...

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 ...

A viral video shows Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., arriving to a chorus of jeers and booing at a mostly Somali crowd in her homes state over the July 4th weekend. Omar, 39, made an appearance at the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 11 (UNHCR) - A group of Somali refugee musicians in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have ruffled a few feathers with their flouting of conservative traditions and their songs on ...