Abdi Sinimo سينيمو
Birth name	Cabdi Deeqsi Warfaa
Born	1920s Jaarahorato, Somalia
Genres	Somali music
Instruments	vocals
Years active	1940s-1970s

Abdi Sinimo or Abdi Sinimoo (Somali: Cabdi Siniimoo, Arabic: سينيمو‎), born Cabdi Deeqsi Warfaa, is a Somali singer and songwriter who established the balwo musical style.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Biography

Sinimo was born in the 1920s in Jaarahorato, an historical village situated 25 miles (40 km) north-east of Boorama, Somalia. He was the fourth son in a family of eighteen children, consisting of nine boys and nine girls.

The first band Sinimo created was in Borama during 1944 and it was called Balwo. Members of his band were:

• Abdi Deeqsi Warfaa (Abdi Sinimoo)
• Koobali Caashaad
• Hussen Aare Meecaad
• Xaashi Warsame
• Khadiija Ciye Dharaar (Khadiija Balwo)
• Nuuriya Catiiq

[edit] See also

• Balwo
• Waaberi

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and customs of Somalia. Greenwood. ISBN 9780313313332. http://books.google.com/books?id=2Nu918tYMB8C. 
• Johnson, John William (1996). Heelloy: modern poetry and songs of the Somali. Indiana University Press. ISBN 1874209812. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NEbASn8qayUC. 

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