Abdullahi Last
Abdullahi Qarshe, author Mahmud Muhammad (born Cabdullahi Kharshee, born 1924 in Moshi, 1994) is a Somali composer and writer, author of lyrics and music for Qoloba Calankeed, the national anthem of Somalia. One of the pioneers of Somali music, called by some father of Somali music.
He was born in 1924 in the Moshi district of Somali immigrants as Mahmud Muhammad. His father was a businessman who emigrated from the Sanaag region (now part of the unrecognized Somaliland). In 1931 he came with his parents to Aden, where he undertook his studies. It was there for the first time that he encountered radio and film, including Arabic and Indian music. It inspired him to buy his first lute and create Somali music (Ka Kacay !, the first song Ka Kacay created in 1948).
In 1945 he arrived in Hargeyy, where he worked as an official for the British military administration. He was also a member of a group of artists founded in 1955 named Walaalo Hargeysa (Hargeys Brothers).
In 1959 he wrote a song called Qolobaa Calankeed, which Qarshe wrote in honor of the Somali flag. It was adopted as the hymn of Somalia in 2012 as the successor of Soomaaliyeey toosoo, the previous hymn by Ale Mire Awale and Yusuf Haji Aden.
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