Khadija Qalanjo

Khadija Qalanjo (Somali: Khadiija Qalanjo, Arabic: خديجة قالانجو‎) is a popular Somali singer and folklore dancer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the first miss Somalia. Qalanjo was the singer that started the modernization and enhancement of the Somali folk song tradition of dhaanto, introducing instrumentation where hitherto it had been performed without. She was born in Borama in north western Somaliland.

Khadija Qalanjo

Khadija Qalanjo (Somali: Khadiija Qalanjo, Arabic: خديجة قالانجو‎) is a popular Somali singer and folklore dancer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the first miss Somalia. Qalanjo was the singer that started the modernization and enhancement of the Somali folk song tradition of dhaanto, introducing instrumentation where hitherto it had been performed without. She was born in Borama in north western Somaliland.