Xiddigaha Geeska | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Hargeisa, Somaliland |
Genres | |
Years active | 2004–Present |
Labels |
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Members | For more listings See Below |
Xiddigaha Geeska (The Horn Stars) ( Arabic: نجوم القرن) is a Somali music band from Somaliland. [1] [2] The band is funded by Somaliland's Ministry of Information and National Guidance. [3] The band is led by Hasan Dhuhul Labsalah ( Somali: Xasan Dhuxul Laabsaalax). [2]
Xiddigaha Geeska was formed in Hargeisa, Somaliland in 2004. [4] The band first rose to fame for promoting the Horn Cable Television group, a Somali television channel based in Somaliland. [5] The band was formed at a time when the broader Somali entertainment and music industry was still struggling due to war, radicalization and cultural stereotyping, and the band soon grew to become a household name in Somaliland as well as other Somali-inhabited territories. [6]
Name | Nickname | Joined | Left | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mursal Muse | Founding member (2012) | Present | ||
Ahmed Weli | Furinle | Founding member (2012) | Present | |
Khadra Abdi | Silimo | 2013 | 2018 | |
Asma Ahmed | Love | Founding member (2012) | Present | |
Mohamed Abdi | BK | 2012 | 2016 | |
Hamda Abdi | Queen | 2012 | 2018 | |
Nimcan Abdirahman | Hillaac | 2013 | 2016 | |
Mohamed Ahmed | Cirro | 2013 | Present | |
Yurub Mohamed | Geenyo | 2013 | 2017 | |
Abdihani Hashi | 2013 | Present | ||
Abdirahman Aydid | Oday | 2013 | Present | |
Yusuf Adan | Jeego | 2014 | 2016 | |
Ifrah Ahmed | Hargeisa | 2014 | Present | |
Yusuf Adan | Jeego | 2014 | 2016 | |
Ismail | Danan | 2014 | 2016 | |
Ikran Jama | 2014 | 2015 | ||
Ifrah | Tolmoon | 2014 | 2016 | |
Yusuf | Hanad | 2014 | 2015 | |
Abdirisaq | Anshax | 2014 | Present |
A major controversy arose when four members of the group arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia to perform and shared photos online with a blue Somali flag, causing their arrest by Somaliland police for allegedly violating Somaliland's sovereignty. [5] [3]
The Horn Stars have performed in several concert tours outside of Somaliland, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. [4] [7] [8] The band's debut solo concert tour of 2015 visited Mogadishu. [9]
Xiddigaha Geeska | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Origin | Hargeisa, Somaliland |
Genres | |
Years active | 2004–Present |
Labels |
|
Members | For more listings See Below |
Xiddigaha Geeska (The Horn Stars) ( Arabic: نجوم القرن) is a Somali music band from Somaliland. [1] [2] The band is funded by Somaliland's Ministry of Information and National Guidance. [3] The band is led by Hasan Dhuhul Labsalah ( Somali: Xasan Dhuxul Laabsaalax). [2]
Xiddigaha Geeska was formed in Hargeisa, Somaliland in 2004. [4] The band first rose to fame for promoting the Horn Cable Television group, a Somali television channel based in Somaliland. [5] The band was formed at a time when the broader Somali entertainment and music industry was still struggling due to war, radicalization and cultural stereotyping, and the band soon grew to become a household name in Somaliland as well as other Somali-inhabited territories. [6]
Name | Nickname | Joined | Left | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mursal Muse | Founding member (2012) | Present | ||
Ahmed Weli | Furinle | Founding member (2012) | Present | |
Khadra Abdi | Silimo | 2013 | 2018 | |
Asma Ahmed | Love | Founding member (2012) | Present | |
Mohamed Abdi | BK | 2012 | 2016 | |
Hamda Abdi | Queen | 2012 | 2018 | |
Nimcan Abdirahman | Hillaac | 2013 | 2016 | |
Mohamed Ahmed | Cirro | 2013 | Present | |
Yurub Mohamed | Geenyo | 2013 | 2017 | |
Abdihani Hashi | 2013 | Present | ||
Abdirahman Aydid | Oday | 2013 | Present | |
Yusuf Adan | Jeego | 2014 | 2016 | |
Ifrah Ahmed | Hargeisa | 2014 | Present | |
Yusuf Adan | Jeego | 2014 | 2016 | |
Ismail | Danan | 2014 | 2016 | |
Ikran Jama | 2014 | 2015 | ||
Ifrah | Tolmoon | 2014 | 2016 | |
Yusuf | Hanad | 2014 | 2015 | |
Abdirisaq | Anshax | 2014 | Present |
A major controversy arose when four members of the group arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia to perform and shared photos online with a blue Somali flag, causing their arrest by Somaliland police for allegedly violating Somaliland's sovereignty. [5] [3]
The Horn Stars have performed in several concert tours outside of Somaliland, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. [4] [7] [8] The band's debut solo concert tour of 2015 visited Mogadishu. [9]