Geediga Nabada -- The Somali Peace Caravan, in recording with Bill Brookman

Geediga Nabada -- The Somali Peace Caravan -- tours some of the most high-risk areas of Somalia spreading a message of peace through traditional art music and poetry. The artistic director is UK based Bill Brookman, seen here making a sound-track for their planned documentary. This track is awaiting sweetening and re-mastering in London.




The musicians are Boolo (drums) and Mustafa (oud). The oud, or lute, is Arabic, not native of Somalia -- almost no instruments are native -- it being a nomadic culture where poetry was, and is, dominant.




The group has avoided two bombs and is threatened by death from those who see even traditional art forms as a threat to Islam. We are engaging in conversation with these people to resolve these differences through the traditional Islamic Hadith discursive form.




You can find out more about the group from our website http://www.billbrookman.co.uk/geediga/ For security reasons our tour schedule is not openly available.

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[murasaki1000000]

I wish the English guy will sing, Wonderful beat..

[abdullahi1988]

a/nasir malin aidid he is the best of the best when it comes beating kaban or oud

i think Bill Brookman can even beat kaban he knows a lot deferent musics

thanks HJST

[TheSufisomali]

beautiful mashallah

[100jire]

cabdinasir macalin caydiid waa boqorka cuudka marka laga reebo xudaydi runtii aad iyo aad ayuu u yaqaanaa mudo badana wuu tumaayey siduu uga sanqadhinayo ayaaba caadi ahayn

[SomaliCanadian7]

Mustafa macalin caydiid what a great Oud player

[halisweeye]

ABDI NASIR MACALIN CAYDIID XIDIGII CUUDKA MAASHAALLAH. What a skills he possese's