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Title:
Sweet as broken dates [sound recording] : lost Somali tapes from the horn of Africa.
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Ostinato, [2017]

℗2017
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (1 hr., 19 min., 45 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Popular songs from Somalia.

Title from disc label.

Previously released recordings.
Contents:
Buuraha u dheer = 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).
Language Note:
Sung in Somali.
Performer:
Various performers.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 1969-2002, various locations.
OCLC Number:
on1000602143
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
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