Abdi Sinimo

Abdi Sinimo سِنِيمُو
Birth name	Cabdi Deeqsi Warfaa
Born	1920s Jaarahorato, Somalia
Genres	Somali music
Instruments	vocals
Years active	1940s-1970s

Abdi Sinimo or Abdi Sinimoo (Somali: Cabdi Siniimoo, Arabic: سنيمو‎), born Cabdi Deeqsi Warfaa, is a Somali singer and songwriter who established the balwo musical style.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Sinimo was born in the 1920s in Jaarahorato, an historical village situated 25 miles (40 km) north-east of Boorama, Somalia. He was the fourth son in a family of 18 children, consisting of nine boys and nine girls.

The first band Sinimo created was in Borama during 1944 and it was called Balwo. Members of his band were:

Abdi Deeqsi Warfaa (Abdi Sinimoo)
Koobali Caashaad
Hussen Aare Meecaad
Xaashi Warsame
Khadiija Ciye Dharaar (Khadiija Balwo)
Nuuriya Catiiq

Notes

Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and customs of Somalia. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-31333-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=2Nu918tYMB8C.
Johnson, John William (1996). Heelloy: modern poetry and songs of the Somali. Indiana University Press. ISBN 1-874209-81-2. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NEbASn8qayUC.

References

^ Abdullahi, p.172
^ Johnson, p.xv

Persondata
Name	Abdi Sinimo
Alternative names
Short description	Somali singer and songwriter
Date of birth
Place of birth	Jaarahorato, Somalia
Date of death
Place of death