Abdi Sinimo or Abdi Sinimoo , born Cabdi Deeqsi Warfaa, is a Somali

Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...

 singer and songwriter who established the balwo

Balwo

Balwo is a style of music and poetry practiced in Djibouti as well as Somalia. Its lyrical contents often deal with love and passion. Balwo was founded by Abdi Sinimo....

 musical style.

Biography

Sinimo was born in the 1920s in Jaarahorato, an historical village situated 25 miles (40.2 km) north-east of Boorama

Boorama

Borama , also known as Borame, is a city in the northwestern Awdal region of Somalia.The commercial seat of the province, it is situated near the border with Djibouti and Ethiopia. One of the biggest towns of the British Somaliland protectorate...

, Somalia. He was the fourth son in a family of 18 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