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The secret Somali mixtapes

Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala

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Bringing the Smalle Arts to the World

Somalia has an oral culture, passed down through these casette tapes. Doctor jamma felt it was one way he could heal some of the scars left by the civil war. The young generation of a record label released an album of music from the archive called sweet as broken dates. And a coupleo ars ago, it was nominated for a grammy.

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