The Secret Somali Mixtapes | Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala | TED Audio Collective

The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. Subscribe on YouTube: It’s 1988, and Somalis are fleeing the city of Hargeisa. People are trying to get out, trying to save their families and sometimes their things. But in the city’s radio station, staff are packing cassettes and reel to reel recordings into a secret underground bunker. What’s on them? A slice of the country’s musical heritage, to remain for years in an underground room — until now. Listen to songs from the episode on this special playlist on Spotify: This story was produced in collaboration with Kerning Cultures, a podcast telling stories from the Middle East and North Africa, and the spaces in between. You can find the podcast wherever you’re listening to this. The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at .