LIFE

The lost tapes of Somalia

Life, John Clewley, Published on 29/08/2017

» The Horn of Africa is a peninsula that juts into the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, lying to the south of the Gulf of Aden. The major countries in the Horn include Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. And in terms of music, only Ethiopia's rich musical culture is known outside the region, thanks in part to the wonderful Ethiopiques' reissue series, the fame of jazz great Mulatu Astatke and the use of Ethiopian jazz in Hollywood movie soundtracks.