One of the most prominent musical personalities in Minnesota’s Somali community, Salaad Darbi, will be honored at a concert ...

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 ...

Walking from the Cedar Cultural Center to his favorite Cedar-Riverside eatery this past July — all of a block and a half away — Aar Maanta was stopped three different times by local residents wanting ...

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 ...

While hair metal was king on the U.S. music scene, Nimco Yasin was performing around the world with some of Somalia's most talented singers and dancers. Thirty years and a civil war later, Yasin's ...

Sept. 11, 2006, 6:57 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press Islamic militants who closed down a Somali radio station have allowed it back on the air so long as it does not play love songs or any other ...

Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape Crate diggers are cultural archaeologists who dedicate their time, money and energy to collecting ...

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. The woman known as the mother of Somali music died over ...

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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was booed by a crowd of more than 10,000 people during a concert in her home state of Minnesota over the weekend, RadarOnline.com has learned. The shocking incident took place ...