Awale Adan Featuring Farhiya Kabayare - Ku Ogoliyaa (Somali music video, lyrics, & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases the 2015 official YouTube video "Ku Ogoliyaa" by Awale Adan featuring Farhiya
(also given as "Farxiya") Kabayare.

Brief information about Awake Adan is included in this post along with lyrics for this song and selected comments from this video's discussion thread.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Awale Adan and Farhiya Kabayare for their musical legacies. Thanks also to all those who are associated with this song and this video. Thanks also to all who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT AWALE ADAN
From https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawaale_Aadan [translated from Arabic to English]
"Cawaale Deheeye (English : Awaleh Adan ; Arabic : عواله ادم داهيه ) is a singer and lixiimiste song in Somali . Awale was born in Djibouti on 6 August 1983."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: AWALE ADAN FEAT KABAYARE 2015 KU OGOLIYAA OFFICIAL VIDEO (DIRECTED BY STUDIO LIIBAAN)



Liibaan Jama, Published on Oct 28, 2014
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Statistics as of July 15, 2019 at 8:58 AM
total # of views - 9,247,175
total # of likes - 17K
total # of dislikes - 3.7K
total # of 3,639

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only, with additional information or explanations given after some of these comments)

Comment #60 includes this song's lyrics in Somali with their English translations.

2015
1. Abdirahman Omar
"I would like to say that Farhiya Kabayare And Awale have a great chemistry on the video and i can't rememeber a time where i saw a Somali video where i enjoyed watching it as much as this one. Farhiya has good bubbly personality which boasts everyone's mood and that smile of her is great. If they said nice thing about a Somali town we shouldn't all be jealous or envious because we should all know our fellow brothers live in that town and is ours as much as theirs so Big up to all Somalia."

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2. Sara Ali
"Is he Somali or Oromo? I watched him singing Oromo so I'm confused 😏"

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3. Mahdia Houssein
"@Sara Ali What a silly question!"

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4. darui
"@Sara Ali he is somali from djibouti and he sang only one oromo song"

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5. TheWaiting22
"@Sara Ali he is somalian"

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6. Abdiwahab Mohamed
"@Mahdia Houssein not that silly"

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7. Xoosh Robleh
"@Sara Ali stay that way
you better off confused
that qabilist,Oromo and somali have the same lineage
he is the latter"
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"qabalist" is a Somali colloquial term meaning "promoting one ethnic group (tribe) or region over another"..
[Additions and corrections are welcome].

Read comment #28 below that includes the related word "qabiil".

Here's information about Oromo people:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_people
"The Oromo people (Oromo: Oromoo; English: Oromo) are a Cushitic ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia and represent 34.5% of Ethiopia's population.[8] Oromos speak the Oromo language as a mother tongue (also called Afaan Oromoo and Oromiffa), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family."...

Here's an excerpt from a forum discussion about who Oromos are closest to Habesha (Ethiopians and Eritreans) or Somalis):
"...compared to Habeshas, Somalis are more closely related to Oromos.

Oromos and Somalis both speak Cushitic languages, share many similar culture traits, and are genetically related. Oromos also are similarly related to Habeshas. But Somalis share less in common with Habeshas than they do with Oromos."...
-https://www.quora.com/Are-Somalis-more-related-to-Habesha-or-Oromofor comments about Somali people and Oromo people.

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8. MISS JJay
"someone needs to translate this song. Damn Somali lyrics are so complicated...."

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9. abdiwali hussein
"@MISS JJay i feel sorry for pipo like u u cant even understand yo own language"

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10. ajamm123
"PIPO??! I'm dead looooooool"

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11. abdiwali hussein
"@ajamm123 i mean "people'"

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12. that aint ordinary bruh
"@abdiwali hussein sxb, people were taken from their country at a young age. like my family, we can all speak somali alx, but complicated lyrics are still hard to understand. so don't criticize."

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13. abdiwali hussein
"@that aint ordinary bruh i understand bro but still there no excuse for one not to not know their own language u can find somalis every where or u can even go back and visit your country and learn its something that definess u how do u say you are somali and u cant speak the language ?"
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"Definess" is probably a typo for "defines"

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14. Saalax Cisho
"@abdiwali hussein"

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15. Jakiiz Jambo, 2016
"+abdiwali hussein Am somali born sxb and i still dont understand the lyrics that much and my Somali is on point"

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16. MISS JJay, 2016
"Lol it's not about if i speak the language or not, the lyrics are complicated and even some words my bparents don't understand. Alhamdulillah Somali fiican waan ku hadli aqan walaal.
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Google translate from Somali to English: Somali fiican waan ku hadli aqan walaal. = I speak Somali well with a brother.

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17. Lex Jones
"Ive always wondered how the hell do somali musicians make money? they dont sell records and their music is now available on itunes so how do they make money... or do they do it for free?"

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18. Warda Ifraax
"they are invited to parties(Somalis have no shortage of these), most of them have other jobs, tv appearances, and if they hit the jack-pot they become a mouth-piece for a regime/regional power."

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19. hẳnẳd Åbdî
"pretty simple they make a music tour n get paid...!! the more the fans listen it for free the bgger the income when hosting the music tour... :D"

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20. Mohamed Jibril
"@Lex Jones
They make money off weddings, tours, parties, its called a side hustle. You ever heard of those? Go to the motherland and see how often these things happen, lol only a brotha whose lived back home knows how often they occur."

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21. Mimi Dheel
"It's amazing song good voice and beautiful people wow well done cawale and fatxiyo."

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22. Kidas Dias
"i like this song my queen fathia kabayare you re beautifull"

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23. Munawar Abdalla
"I rily luv diz song nc wallah"

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2016
24. sadia ali
"1m views for 4months well done👏👏👏👏💯"

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25. Siuu Macbuus
"somalia and eritrea hve alike songs they sounding same

welcme"

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26. Cabdullaahi Bootaan
"@Madara Sennin This is clean music, we are talking about love ending with marriage ... every Somali couples will Enjoy."

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27. shava006
"Am just going to say it. Awale Adan, I don't like how close you're getting to my woman! Awesome song."

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28. hodan ahmed
"Whna thank you ,farxiyo and cawale,and abwaanka heestan,plse don't use qabiil we all know farxiyo, here mom from puntland ,but is only song ,for one of Somali towns,can be you're Town two,enjoyed pls,viva somalia,"

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29. shax buuran
"learning somali langauge and practicing, from california"

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30. Nimo Farah
"Mashallah ! That's great let us know if we can help . 😍"
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Here's information from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashallah
" "Mashallah" -Mashallah (Arabic: ما شاء الله‎, mā shāʾ allāhu), also Maa sha'Allah, Ma shaa Allah, is an Arabic phrase used to express appreciation, joy, praise, or thankfulness for an event or person that was just mentioned. It's also an expression that is often used in the Muslim world to wish for God's protection of something or someone from the evil eye."...

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31. shax buuran
"+Nimo Farah does somali langauge hve root like english does ?"

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32. Sabrina Sharif
"@mose Jacob
Although the language has been around for a long time the written language is under 50 years old."

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33. aida butterfly
"good luck. im Somali and I don't speak Somali well it sucks.."

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34. Ahmed Drake
"+Saida Maruf maybe u the one sucks cuz Somali language is so fine"
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"Saida Maruf" is the same commenter as "aida butterfly".

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35. Wiilgedo Jubbaland
"+Ahmed Drake bro what she mean is that her Somali sucks she don't mean Somali language"

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36. Wiilgedo Jubbaland
"Somali language is so so so so so beautiful"

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37.Ahmed Drake
"+Saida Maruf typical rer magal nah ready to diss with gabar somali ah so feel good yarta.....😝"

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38. aida butterfly
"Listen I didn't say anything bad about somali and I love being Somali just because I said my af Somali sucks does not mean I feel bad about being.. Now I see why Somali girls insult Somali men and choosing ajinabi.."

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39. Ahmed Drake
"+Saida Maruf somali girls insults us and give credits to ajanabi men.... cuz of little misunderstanding ... but who gives a damn walalo...one thing aint wanna do nor ever did is insulting a Somali chiq marka if this convo can lead ya to ajinabi to give credits then do so walalo"
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ajnabi (also given as ajinabi) is a Somali word which means “foreign” - https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-meaning-of/somali-word-cf92ec2670621caa244c78ac9e5de248fa7b49b5.html

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40. Wiilgedo Jubbaland
"@Saida Maruf hey chill out he was wrong and I correct him so chill and not all somali girls choose ajnabi only the sh&t* one does also nowadays most of Somali men don't give a sh&t* if Somali girl choose ajnabj or not is up to them "
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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41. Ahmed Drake
"@Wiilgedo Jubbaland thumbs walalo"

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42. Wiilgedo Jubbaland
"@Ahmed Drake don't worry walaal Somali girls always looking at the negative side you already know that"

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43. عبد الشكور عبد القادر محمد
"+mose Jacob keep learning bro dnt give up"

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44. Lalay Saday
"@Wiilgedo Jubbaland aniga somali ayan ahay and I hate ajnabi so much and all the ladies r not the same even the boys
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Google translate from Somali to English:
"aniga somali ayan ahay = i am somali"

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45. Wiilgedo Jubbaland
"@Lalay Saday I know abayo but don't hate anyone ajnabi waa laguursan kara lakiin dhibka somalida haysto waxa waye ajnabi ayay qalad ka fah maan qofka somaliga ee ajnabi guursado ama la saxiibo waxu isku mooda inuu ilbax yahay"
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Google translate from Somali to English
"Foreigners can come to an end, but the Somali problem is strange, it's a mistake to understand that the foreign-marriages of somebody who are married or have a friend feel like they're good"

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46. Abdi H
"+Saida Maruf Ahmed misunderstood what you said, and what you meant when you said my Somali sucks. And I never had Somali girl disrespected me or insulted me."

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47. Abdi H
"+ugaas soomaaliyeed bro you misunderstood Saida Maruf, so don't go to far she's Somali girl, and she doesn't have to be speaking Somali."

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48. Caddaalad Sinaan
"+Saida Maruf Sorry Abaayo. Thid kids aren't well disciplined the only things they knew is insulting Somalis women. You didn't say.anything wrong absolutely his lac of understand the languages and judging you for nothing is amaze me really for no reason, and the worst thing they even took side by side just to judge and insulting you. I'm apologize beautiful sister on behalf of them. And again please marry outsiders instead of these ignorant plus uneducated boys. ;)"

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49. NFN MRM
"+mose Jacob Somali has roots first in Cushitic languages then Afro-Asiatic languages. Somali language is perhaps the oldest of the Cushitic languages and it has influenced other Neighboring Cushitic languages. Learn Somali and you will easily pick up other similar languages.

Somali language written in latin is less than 50 years old but we have been writing with different scripts for thousands of years.

Friendly advice; Be very careful with the Somali letters X, C, Q and D. they are not the same as how you would pronounce them in English"

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50. Waryaa Heedheh
"Yes Somali language has roots and based off of the Cushitic language tree. That means it is a derivative of ancient Egyptian.
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This comment is given in bold font in this discussion thread.

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51. Keyse iKapa, 2019
"It is Hamitic Afro-Asiatic language. It is Similar to the other Cushitic, Semitic and Ancient Egyptian languages"

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2017
52. Axmed Ali
"i am from mars and i love somali music ha top that....."

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53. Dale Ahmed
"did you know Awale and Farxiya kabayare are good singers and best singers in Somalia am watching this in 2017 . over 5m woow 😉"

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54. Victoria Kimani
"can someone tell me what this song means please? sounds amazing"

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55. Omar Omar, 2018
"it's about how they love each other and how they should get married they mention some of the Somalian cities that their wedding should happen. how all the cities around should celebrate their wedding and they end it the song that they will be husband and wife. I hope that helps."

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56. Ahmed Ahmed
"awale he's the somalia singer who has most of views on YouTube👏👏👏👏"

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57. Galan Ketema
"Who can translate me pls????
at least the word OGOLO or KU OGOLIYAA ??????????????????????"

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58. ismaacil cabdulahi
"Ogolo means can accept
Ku ogoliyaa means accepted"

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59. SomaliQueen Amin
"Galan Ketema “accept me”
“I accept you” "

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2018
60. Gashan
"Here are the lyrics in Somali & English;

Whilst at an airport awaiting a 24-hour long flight, and reading one of Al-Khowarezm's* original treatise in mathematics, not in its original Arabic text, I am shamed to say, but an English translation nonetheless, I found myself wanting to listen to Somali songs, and this one caught my attention with its lovely rhythm, and in doing so, I did notice some of you were asking about its lyrics; here are the actual Somali lyrics, and close English translation - the best I could come up in between bites.
* Muḥammad ibn Mūsā Al-Khowarezm was the giant, who left the world with Algebra & Algorithm (the latter is an area of research interest of mine, ergo my desire to seeking original works).

/*
* Somali:
Furitaan,
Ogolow ,
Ku Ogoliyaa,

I. Beydkiisa:
i. Jacayl unkaminyo, Axdi dhidibkii tii adkaysaay,
ii. Oogta sagalkiyo, Oogta sagalkiyo, Dayax u egeey,
iii. Ammaanada ruux ku adadag iyo, Sharaf ehelkeed, Ogow inaad tahay,

iv. Sida eydha-dhaban, Weyday ilmihii, Isu ololee,
v. Aroos wacan iyo qoys Islaamaba, Aqalkoodii aynu taagno e.

Hooris:
Mudug & Eyl oogada Taleex,
Illamaa Dannood, Nogob & Afdheer,
Alalaaskuna ha is gaadhoo,
Amniga badantii, Garowe ahayd ku ekaanee, Macaan ogolow (his).

II. Beydkeeda:
i. Jacayl unkamiyo, Dareen curasho leh ayaad abuurtee,
ii. Odhaadha haboon, Odhaadha haboon, dhihi ogidaa,
iii. Iskaa siiyoo, Imaan qaadee, Aboowe macaanow ku ogoliyaa,

iv. Sida eydha-dhaban, Weyday ilmihii, Xiisa ololeed, Xayska aqalkaad u dhigaysiyo,
v. Aroos farxad laan Alaylahe rabey,

Hooris:
Mudug & Eyl oogada Taleex,
Illamaa Dannood, Nogob & Afdheer,
Alalaaskuna ha is gaadhoo,
Amniga badantii Garowe ahayd ku ekaanee, Aboowe ogolow (hers).

*/

/*
* English
Opening,
Consent,
I do,

I. His (English):

i. Incubates love, rooted in commitment thou behold,
ii. Beauty skin deep akin to Sagal bark, if moon-like,
(Sagal is a tree with relatively smooth trunk and fair bark found in the Somali countryside; I recall not its equivalence in North America, howbeit I shall ask my literati mates),

iii. Trustworthy, and one of self deference is who your are,

iv. As if a fleet of camel missing its calves, hum & grunt we do,
(* mea culpa, for it was rather challenging to capture the poetic rendition of the lyrics in its native nomadic description, and could not do better than that; perhaps others could),

v. A splendid wedding cum a befitting Muslim home, erect let us.

Chorus:
- From Mudug to Eyl and Taleex,
(These are names of: a region (Mudug), and cities Eyl (a historical coastal town in Nugaal), and Taleex, a historic town, and once the seat of the Dervish movement of Sayid Mohamed Abdulle Hassan in Sool),

- To Dannood, Nogob, and Afdheer,
(Again, these are rural sites and villages in Western Somalia, and now DDSI; Dannood, which falls under the Doolow prefecture (or so it used to), is famous for its lush green landscape, water-beds, and leafy pastures),

- Alulution in chant, in synch and aplenty,
- Rest, let us in the placid Garowe, darling do consent.
(Garowe is a city in Nugaal, and the seat of government of Puntland, Somalia; beautiful, calm, and with great weather all year round).

II. Hers (English):
i. Incubates love, ingenious desire, thy spawn,
ii. Elegant aphorism, aptly thy opine,
iii. Present I to thee, apposite I find thee, darling I consent to thee,

iv. As if a fleet of camel missing its calves, hum & grunt, rig our nook,
v. So desired, a rad wedding.

Chorus:
- From Mudug to Eyl and Taleex,
- To Dannood, Nogob, and Afdheer,
- Alulution in chant, in synch and aplenty,
- Rest, let us in the placid Garowe, darling I do consent.

*/

/* End */
Best of luck, Cheers,"

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61. take2spoonsofoil And
1"Gashan SA You're an artist yourself, brother. Brilliant!"

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62. Dahir Mustafe
"Iam somaliland I don't understand one world but i like somali music"

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63. DR. AMIN
"more then 7million viewers can we say all somalis which can access internet watched this. kkkkkk"
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"kkkkkk" = a way of representing laughter in a number of countries throughout the world

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64. somaali Media
"Still lit im here 2k18"

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65. nana Raage
"I love my Somalia"

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66. Hanna lovely
"Most beloved Somali singer Awale Adan 1000 times Respect 😍😚😘"

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67. Mowliid Abdi
"I love Muslim music wallahi I'm Mowliid I'm from Somali 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳😘😘😘😘😘😘"

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68. Siyaad Cali
"Knowledge people keep it up one love always."

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2019
69. Hassan Abdulle
"I am from puntland I like somali songs though I do not understand"
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland
Puntland (Somali: Puntlaand, Arabic: أرض البنط‎, Italian: Terra di Punt or Paese di Punt), officially the Puntland State of Somalia (Somali: Dowladda Puntland ee Soomaaliya, Arabic: بونتلاند دولة الصومال‎), is a region in northeastern Somalia. Centred on the town of Garoowe in the Nugal province, its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998 but is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.[5]

[...]

The name "Puntland" is derived from the Land of Punt mentioned in ancient Egyptian sources, although the exact location of the fabled territory is still a mystery. Many studies suggest that the Land of Punt was located in present-day Somalia,[6][7] whereas others propose that it was situated elsewhere.[8]

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70. CGI Future
"Welcome to the comment
99% I am from...
1% other"

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