Nima Djama ( so, Nimco Jaamac; born 1948) is a composer and singer from
Djibouti
Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...
.
In 1976, Nima Djama sang a famous patriotic tune for Djibouti independence. She is also heavily involved in Djiboutian politics.
Biography
Nima Djama was born in 1948 in
Ali Sabieh
Ali Sabieh ( so, Cali Sabiix, ar, علي صبيح) is the second largest city in Djibouti. It is situated about Southwest of Djibouti City and north of the border with Ethiopia. It sprawls on a wide basin surrounded by granitic mountains on all ...
, situated in the southern of
Djibouti
Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...
. She came from a nomadic family from the
Issa sub-clan of the
Somali. She started singing in 1969 at the age of 21. Djama sang in protest against the French administration refusing to give a fair referendum for her country to become an independent nation. There was vote rigging in the referendum of 1967. After that song (called "Gabdhayahow"), she became popular across the country. She then joined the cultural troupe as a Somali singer
Now she lives in
Ottawa
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,
Canada
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.
Singles
* Gaban Mayno (1976)
* Buuraha u dheer (1980)
* Qalbigu Waa Meel Qudha (1981)
* Adoo meel foog joogo (1982)
* Gacanteyda meel sare (2000)
* Qoomamayn (1999)
* Dibnaha (2000)
* Naxariis (2000)
* Caalanka (2007)
See also
*
Music of Djibouti
The music of Djibouti refers to the musical styles, techniques and sounds of Djibouti. The first major form of modern Djiboutian music began in the mid-1940s, when Djibouti was a part of the French Somaliland. Djiboutian music is characterized by ...
References
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20th-century Djiboutian women singers
Living people
1952 births
Djiboutian emigrants to Canada