The secret Somali mixtapes

The secret Somali mixtapes

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The secret Somali mixtapes | Far Flung
Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

It’s 1988, and Somalians are fleeing the city of Hargeisa. People are trying to get out, trying to save their families and sometimes their things. But in the city’s radio station, staff are packing cassettes and reel to reel recordings into a secret underground bunker. What's on ...  Afficher plus

The Secret Somali Tapes
Kerning Cultures

It’s 1988, and Somalis are fleeing the city of Hargeisa. People are trying to get out, trying to save their families. But in the city’s radio station, staff are packing cassettes and reel to reel recordings into a secret underground bunker. On them: A slice of their country’s mus ...  Afficher plus

The Intifada Tapes
Kerning Cultures

Stuck in his Palestinian hometown of Jenin during lockdown, Mo'min Swaitat walked into an old music shop where thousands of dusty cassettes lined the walls. They contained decades of Palestinian music and field recordings once confiscated by the Israeli army, long since forgotten ...  Afficher plus

What can the humble cassette tape tell us about Somali culture?
Africa Daily

“Divorces were happening on these cassette tapes… And the messenger wouldn't know that there had been a divorce recorded on this cassette tape, so when they got to the partner and offered them the cassette tape and it was played they were the unwilling participant in this divorce ...  Afficher plus