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Somalia
For carrying your homeland with you 🇸🇴
Who it's for
K'naan, who left Somalia as a child, reflects on his war-torn homeland and the identity he carries in exile.
Burdened and misunderstood→Proud and seen
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Somalia" is track 8 on Somali-Canadian artist K'naan's 2009 album Troubadour and was released as its second promotional single; it samples Tilahun Gessesse's "Yene Mastawesha." K'naan grew up in Mogadishu during the civil war and left with his mother and siblings as a young teenager, living in New York before settling in Toronto.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: References to war and violence.
Age: Suggested 13+
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass
