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Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa
Once upon a time Somalia boasted a vibrant music scene, but all got lost when war and conflict started.
However recently thousands of those lost recordings were literally unearthed.
And they've now been put together into a compilation; "Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa".
A sweet tale told by the 麻豆社's Yasmin Ahmed.
(Photo: Two Somali singers performing. Credit: Mahmud Abdalla Hussen)
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