“I was born between Borame and Wajaale and grew up in Djibouti. From a young age, I loved singing but my family disapproved it. They were nomadic and argued that it didn't fit with our lifestyle. However, I went with my passion and ignored them. I started my singing career in Hargeisa and became part of the famous national Somali troupe called Waaberi. We use to live in the Hargeisa Theatre. My songs concentrated on love for you see, the Somali songs and plays were comprehensive back then. The songs and plays raised awareness, carried moral messages. Some of the songs contained lyrics that only true lovers could understand. If it was a love story, it would tell the love story from scratch, how it affected the people around it, the parents, the siblings, the actual lovers, etc. My favourite singer partner was Ahmed Ali Igal and I used to love singing with him. We had this undeniable chemistry. Nowadays, songs are all about 'I love you, do you love me?' Where is the deep meaning behind it? The Somali people have a saying: 'A young camel follows the footsteps of those before him'. So I say to the young current singers now, study the people before you and learn from them, because in my time, I admired those who were better than me and were before me like Magool, Mohamed Ahmed, Hibo Nura and Mandeq. Once the civil war erupted, I fled with my kids to Borame, and I've been here ever since. I've been doing nothing ever since. I still connect with my old colleagues and they visit me sometimes. We still love each other and even though Somalis divided themselves; our love and respect for each other remained the same. I miss those days. To the Somali youth, if you can't agree on many issues, at least agree on being part of the Somali race. A Somali is a Somali and that will never change."
(Borame, Somaliland)
"Aniga waxaan ku dhashay meel u dhaxaysa Boorama iyo Wajaale, waxaanna ku barbaaray Jabuuti. Yaraanteydii aad baan u jeclaa fanka laakin qoyskaygu reer baadiye ayuu ahaa, runtii aad buu uga soo horjeestay oo layma ogalayn madaama inan yar aan ahaa laakin waan uu dhabar adeygay oo maan dhagaysan. Waxaan fanka ku bilaabay Hargaysa oo waxaan ka mid ahaa kooxdii Hobolada qaranka Waaberi. Waxaan degi jirnay Tiyaatarka Hargaysa. Heesahayga waxay u badnaayeen Jacayl madaame heesihii hore nuxur lahaayeen. Qofku inu waqti badan galiyo ahayd suu u fahmo. Ruwayada iyo heesaha wacyi gelin bey ahaayeen, oo waxba la kala faa'iideysaney. Berigii hore, heesaha jecaylka silsilad bey lahayd oo dad badan ku jiray. Waxaan aad u jeclaa inaan la heeso Axmed Cali Cigaal. Hadda, waa heeso iska duulaya, ee waan ku jeclahay ma ii jeceshay. Soomaalidu waxay tidhaahda, awrka awrka kasii horeeya ayuu socodkiisa leeyahay marka dadka iminka fanka ku jira, dadkii hore ku dayda ayaan odhan lahaa, isku xidhnaada, isku duubnaada. Aniga laftigeyga fanaantii aan ku dayan jiray, waxaa kamid ahaa Magool. Maxamed Axmed, Hibo Nuura iyo Maandeeq. Markii dawladii dhexe burburtay, waxaan u qaxnay, aniga iyo caruurtaydu magaaladda Boorama oo hadda iminka ku noolahay. Wax aan hadda sameeyo ma jirto. Weli waan la xiriira asxaabtaydii fanka weyna ii yimaadan. Weli waan is jecelanahay, inkastoo Soomaali kala tagtay, weli waxaan isku hayna jacayl iyo xushmad aan weligeed is bedelaynin. Waan u xiisay runti. Dhalinyaro, waad wanaagsan tihiin oo meel wanaagsan baad mareysaan, ogow Soomaali waa Soomali. Somaalinimo uun aaynu ku midaysnaano hadii wixii kale aaynu ku heshiin waynay."
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