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Birth name
  
Cabdullahi Qarshe

Labels
  
Wadani

Associated acts
  
Years active
  
1940s–1970s

Died
  
1994

Genres
  
Somali music

Role
  
Musical Artist

Origin
  
Somali

Name
  
Abdullahi Qarshe


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Instruments
  
Oud, piano, guitar, lute

Similar People
  
Waaberi, Hasan Adan Samatar, Magool, Maryam Mursal, Mohamed Mooge Liibaan

Abdullahi Qarshe (Somali: Cabdilaahi Qarshe, Arabic: عبدالله قارشي‎‎) (1924–1994) was a Somali musician, poet and playwright known as the "Father of Somali music".

Biography

Qarshe was born in 1924 in the Somali expatriate community in Moshi, Tanzania. He belonged to the Muuse Carre sub clan of Habar Yoonis (Isaaq) that mainly inhabits Sanaag region of Somaliland. In 1931, at the behest of his family, he left Tanzania and settled in Aden, Yemen for his education. It is in Aden where Abdullahi had his first encounter with cinema and radio playing western films and Indian and Arabic music, which inspired him to buy a lute to accomplish his new goal of creating music in the Somali language. He was married to Adaiya Qarshe whom he had four children with, Rukiyo Qarshe, Safiyo Qarshe, Anab Qarshe and Mahad Qarshe.

Qarshe, along with other first generation artists such as Ali Feiruz and Mohamed Nahari, was among the pioneers of modern Somali music.

An innovative musician, Qarshe often employed a wide variety of instruments in his art, such as the guitar, piano and oud. He was also known for his poems and his theatrical work at Mogadishu and Hargeisa venues.

In addition, Qarshe was a member of the pioneering Somali musical ensemble Waaberi.

References

Abdullahi Qarshe Wikipedia


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