Saba Anglana
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Saba Anglana is a Somali-Italian actress and international singer.
Life
Actress-turned-vocalist Saba Anglana was born in the seventies in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, during General Muhammad Siad Barre's regime.
Due to the family's mixed-marriage status (Saba's father was Italian, and her mother a Somalia-born Ethiopian), the Anglana family was 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. Her Somali roots, however, remained an important focus. She studied the native language with her mother, particularly the regional dialect of Xamar Weyne, and connected with her native country through music.
Anglana's success has increased to the point where some Italian music critics are calling her the new Miriam Makeba.
Main works
Saba Anglana started as an actress on Italian television in the nineties. In a popular Italian TV series titled La Squadra, she played a policewoman of dual heritage (Somali and Italian). [1]
In 2007, she released her first studio album entitled Jidka: The Line, in which she mixed the traditional sounds of her native Somalia with contemporary Italian flourishes.[2]
Notes
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXezSlbp68o Video "La Squadra"
- ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18487119 Audio of "Jidka" song