Khadija Qalanjo ( so, Khadiija Qalanjo, ar, خديجة قالانجو) is a popular
Somali singer and
folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...
dancer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the first miss
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
.
Qalanjo was the singer that started the modernization and enhancement of the Somali folk song tradition of
balwo
Balwo is a style of music and poetry practiced in Somalia as well as Djibouti. Its lyrical contents often deal with love and passion. The Balwo genre was founded by Abdi Sinimo.
Origins
The Balwo genre was founded by Abdi Sinimo, a Somali of the ...
, introducing instrumentation where hitherto it had been performed without.
She was born in
Borama in north western
Somaliland.
Music
Popular songs by Qalanjo include:
[http://www.nomadlyrics.com/artist/k/105ad0b47923/khadija+qalanjo.html]
*''Caashaqa Sal iyo Baar''
*''Ragga iyo Haweenkuba''
*''Deesha''
*''Sharaf''
*''Hooyo''
*''Soohor Caashaqa'' – duet with
Hasan Adan Samatar
*''Diriyam –'' in 2016 a cover was made by the Ethiopian Jano Band.
Notes
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Somalian women singers
Somalian Muslims
People from Awdal
Gadabuursi
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