Abdi Sinimo

Abdi Sinimo
سِنِيمُو
Born
Cabdi Deeqsi Warfaa

1920
Jarahorato, Somaliland
Died1967 (aged 46–47)
Djibouti
GenresSomali music
OccupationsPoet, singer, songwriter, and musical innovator
Instrumentvocals
Years active1940s-1970s

Abdi Sinimo (Somali: Cabdi Siniimoo, Arabic: سنيمو) (born 1920, died 1967) was a Somali singer, songwriter, poet and musical innovator. He is noted for having established the Balwo genre of Somali music, which was the forerunner of the Heelo genre and thus gave birth to modern Somali music.

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