Tucked between butchers and hair braiders in Nairobi’s Kenyatta Market is the Real Vinyl Guru, a shabby stall that has become a mecca for vinyl lovers....
The music video went up on December 22. It’s got all the ingredients to go viral: a catchy beat, smooth vocals and easy-to-copy dance moves. It’s...
Mubarak Farah was eight years old when he began teaching himself to play the piano. A refugee who came to Ottawa with his family when he...
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and the Cedar Cultural Center Win $50,000 Joyce Awards Grants Awarded by the Joyce Foundation Will Support New Works Focusing...
One of Somalia’s most legendary singers has died. Khadija Abdullahi Daleys was known as the mother of Somali music, and we have an appreciation.
It is an album that captures the melodious voices of prominent Somali singers like Hibo Nura, Nimo Jama, the Waberi troupe, and the Iftin Band, among...
When people can’t travel, music will. Somali hip hop collective Waayaha Cusub brings unstoppable spirit to this collaboration with Brooklyn’s Desiigner. Watch their story in “I’m...
QUARTZ — When he was growing up, Vik Sohonie moved around a lot with his family. Born in India, he was raised in various places in...
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STAUTON, IL – A Colorado truck driver has been charged following an investigation into a multi-vehicle accident that killed 4...
EDMONTON—Two years ago Rahma Mohamed’s then four-year-old daughter saw an Elsa costume, complete with blond braids, and pleaded with her...
In October 2013, two Somali teenage girls named Ayan and Leila shocked their parents by running away to join ISIS...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The trial of three men accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex housing Somali refugees...
THE GUARDIAN — The 24-year-old Somali-British poet Momtaza Mehri, who has been chosen as the new young people’s laureate for...