Saba - Jidka [The Line] [2007] [ethiopia]

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               Saba Anglana, singer and songwriter, was born in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, to an Ethiopian mother (born in Somalia) and Italian father. After doing much of her growing up in Italy, Saba studied to become a mosaicist, completing a degree in Art History at the University of Rome La Sapienza. She worked in the communication and publishing industry and, as actress, for TV and theatre.

Saba - Jidka 

       Due to the family's mixed-marriage status (Saba's father was Italian, and her mother a Somalia-born Ethiopian), the Anglana were forced to flee to the father's homeland when Saba was five years old. Anglana was thereafter raised in Italy, eventually rising to national prominence as a television actress, but her Somali roots remained an important focus. She studied the native language with her mother, particularly the regional dialect of Xamar Weyne, and connected to her native country through music.

       The word 'Jidka', which is the title track, means line – the line that runs on her belly and divides it into two parts – a darker side and a lighter one. This for her represents the union of diversities and the harmony that her parents found when they fell in love. Her story focuses on her identity as multilayered and with many different influences. She sings in her mother tongue – a type of Somali that is spoken in Reer Xamar, a quarter of Mogadishu, and has real expression and rhythm in itself. The result is an album which is a real mix of contemporary and traditional.

       On 'Jidka' (The Line), her musical debut, she explores the divide between Somalia and Italy with a rare sensitivity and gentle humour; mixing acoustic guitars and koras with traditional African beats and contemporary percussion. The result reflects both one woman's search for her identity and what it means to be

01. Saba - I Sogni (3:00)

02. Saba - Hoio (3:49)

03. Saba - Hanfarkaan (3:06)

04. Saba - Jidka (3:15)

05. Saba - La Temps Passe (3:58)

06. Saba - Manta (4:30)

07. Saba - Yenne Yenne (3:32)

08. Saba - Furah (4:34)

09. Saba - Je Suis Petite (3:10)

10. Saba - Boqoroda Meskin (3:15)

11. Saba - Melissa (4:07)

12. Saba - Huwaiahuwa (1:41)