Khadija Qalanjo (, ) is a popular Somali singer and

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dancer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the first Miss

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. Qalanjo was the singer that started the modernization and enhancement of the Somali folk song tradition of balwo, introducing instrumentation where hitherto it had been performed without. She was born in

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in north western

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Music

Popular songs by Qalanjo include: *''Caashaqa Sal iyo Baar'' *''Ragga iyo Haweenkuba'' *''Deesha'' *''Sharaf'' *''Hooyo'' *''Soohor Caashaqa'' – duet with Hasan Adan Samatar *''Diriyam –'' in 2016 a cover was made by the Ethiopian Jano Band.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century Somalian women singers Somalian Muslims People from Awdal Gadabuursi {{Africa-singer-stub