Baijun Ballads: Somali Songs in Swahili | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (original) (raw)

Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers

Baijun Ballads: Somali Songs in Swahili

Situated on the eastern–most part of Africa with Kenya to the southwest, Yemen to the north, Ethiopia to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the east, Somalia has been a center of trade since ancient times. Recorded in a U.N. compound in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Baijun Ballads: Somali Songs in Swahili presents historic and contemporary songs of marriage, lullabies, love–poems, prayer, and two ancient chants from the Baijun peoples. Islanders descended from Bantu, Arabic, Persian, and Somali ethnic groups, the Baijun sing in classical Swahili and an Arabic–Swahili dialect.

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Track Listing

| icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 101 | Pumbao, Fun, or Enjoyment | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 07:32 | | | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | ----- | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 102 | Furaha, Happiness | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 06:17 | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 103 | Kikombe Cha Zari, the Decorated Cup | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 04:33 | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 104 | Leo Ni Leo, Today is Today | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 07:27 | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 105 | Gungo, Wedding Invitation | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 02:22 | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 201 | Bembea Mtoto | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 05:42 | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 202 | Safaridi, Martin Bird | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 03:22 | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 203 | Sini Mwana, I Have No Son | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 04:31 | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 204 | Kasikazi Vuma, Oh, Wind of the Southwest Mountain | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 03:36 | | | icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button 205 | Randa, Farmers' Chant | Haussein Shiekh and Radio Mogadisco Swahili Singers | 04:28 | |