One man’s mission to unearth Africa’s lost treasure trove of music

[Kaleel]

In Somalia, a country torn apart by war, Sohonie found thousands of cassettes with music from the 1970s and 1980s. The resulting mixtape will be launched later in the year and will feature the rich music of a country that embraced funk and experimented with instruments such as the oud, guitar, and accordion. Sohonie also has projects from Djibouti and Sudan in the works.

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[Kaleel]

I once inherited an amazing collection of Somali tapes from my father. A black box with dozens of tapes neatly lined up. What was even more interesting to me was that they were unmarked and I did not know the artists. I planned on identifying and uploading them to youtube however they were "given away". So I like what this guy is doing, this is god's work.

 

[Prince Abubu]

Somali Music from the 60s/70s/80s was the best. Now we have autotuned keyboard ear-rape.