{"id":41374,"date":"2019-10-14T11:11:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T09:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/somalilands-singer-and-activist-sahra-halgan-announces-new-album-waa-dardaaran\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:34:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:34:04","slug":"somalilands-singer-and-activist-sahra-halgan-announces-new-album-waa-dardaaran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/somalilands-singer-and-activist-sahra-halgan-announces-new-album-waa-dardaaran\/","title":{"rendered":"Somaliland&#8217;s singer and activist Sahra Halgan announces new album, &#8216;Waa Dardaaran&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-30554 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahra-Halgan.jpg\" alt=\"Sahra Halgan\" width=\"679\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahra-Halgan.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahra-Halgan-759x418.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahra-Halgan-1010x557.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahra-Halgan-661x364.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahra-Halgan-465x256.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahra-Halgan-375x207.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Sahra Halgan, an iconic artist from the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, fights for sovereignty and recognition.<\/h4>\n<p>Singer and former member of the rebel Somali National Movement, which fought against the dictatorship of Somalia\u2019s long-serving ruler Siad Barre, Sahra Halgan set up Hidda-Dhawr in Hargeisa, a place where culture is alive, hosting a sprawling complex of traditional Somali huts made from sweet-smelling dried grass.<\/p>\n<p>Her songs, in a pure and authentic musical form, show the world of the Somaliland people; their sufferings and joys. Sahra\u2019s engagement made her a symbol of liberty among the Somaliland diaspora. She champions the sovereignty of her country, fighting for stability and against violence.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/689533654%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-s3htn&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On this first track entitled \u201d Kiidhaba\u201d taken from her new album Waa Dardaaran, Sahra blends traditional Somalian music with rock and folk influences. \u201cI want the whole world to know there is a democratic, peaceful country called Somaliland with no Islamists. The world is forgetting 4 million people. It\u2019s as if we don\u2019t exist. It\u2019s not just.\u201d the artist declared only a few years ago speaking to the purpose of her music.<\/p>\n<p><em>Waa Dardaaran<\/em>, is out October 18th on Buda Music. Discover the album art below. Sahra Halgan will be performing at the Trans Musicales of Rennes, on the 5th of December 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30555\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahran-Halgan-.png\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahran-Halgan-.png 525w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahran-Halgan--100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahran-Halgan--465x465.png 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahran-Halgan--375x375.png 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahran-Halgan--200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahran-Halgan--85x85.png 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sahran-Halgan--73x73.png 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sahra Halgan, an iconic artist from the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, fights for sovereignty and recognition. Singer and former member of the rebel Somali National Movement, which fought against the dictatorship of Somalia\u2019s long-serving ruler [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41374"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=41374"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}