Saving Somalia's Sonic Past In a cramped, air conditioned room deep within the Radio Mogadishu archive, thousands of fragile reel to reel tapes sit silently.
These recordings hold not only Somalia's musical heritage but also its collective memory, news bulletins, speeches, and voices that once resonated across the country's airwaves.
Abdiqadir Geedi Robleh, an archivist at Radio Mogadishu, threads a reel onto an old tape machine with precision.