Hargeisa, Dec 19, 2024 (AFP) - Re-discovered tapes bear witness to Somaliland identity

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2024-12-19

In a library in Somaliland, Hafsa Omer presses play on a small cassette player. The sound of a Somali lute interwoven with a woman's soft singing fills the room. Tapping her keyboard, Omer bobs with the rhythm of the pentatonic melody typical in the northern region of the Horn of Africa. Since 2021, the 21-year-old has been painstakingly archiving and digitising a collection of some 14,000 cassettes at the Cultural Centre in Hargeisa, the Somalil......

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