Dhikr in Waaberi in 1988/89

Two audio tape recordings taken in 1988/9, in the neighbourhood behind Tre Biano, in Waaberi

Tape 1 Side A HR Mp3 (Rashidiya school)

Tape 1 Side B HR Mp3

Tape 2 Side A HR Mp3

Tape 2 Side B HR Mp3

See also video recordings of dhikr on this website

Of possible interest:

Muslim Brotherhoods in Nineteenth-Century Africa By B. G. Martin

Dhikr in Mogadishu

“Dhikr… is an Islamic practice that focuses on the remembrance of God. Dhikr as a devotional act often includes the repetition of the names of Allah…A group dhikr ceremony in Arabic countries is usually called the hadrah”  (from the Wikipedia entry on dhikr)

Undated dhikr, possibly from the 1980s. Long, good sound.

See others in the same series of 18 videos:17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 8, 7, 6,5, 4, 3, 2,

Dhikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s [1980s dikr Somalia 1]

Dhikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s [Somalia 1980s dikri 2]

Video records of Mogadishu on YouTube…1

In the 1960s

Aadan Cade Madaxweynihii ugu horeeyay 1963 -SomalSwiss.net

In 1984

Taariikhdii Somalia Somali history 1960-91 – SomaliSwiss.net

Dhikr… is an Islamic practice that focuses on the remembrance of God. Dhikr as a devotional act often includes the repetition of the names of Allah  (from the Wikipedia entry on dhikr)

Dikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s (1st). 

Dikr in Mogadishu in the 1980s (2nd)

Undated dikr, possibly from the 1980s. Long, good sound. Others

Political parade

Markis, Anglis, linen, Siyaad

Photo taken inside the Erigavo police station, September 1991

Ubadkii Maanta, Ubaxii Berito

Jalle Gen. Maxamad Syad Barre

“Madaxweynaha Golaha sare ee Towradda Jamhuriyadda Dimogradiga Somalida!

Electrical shop

Mini-market