Kaana Siib Kanna Saar
| Kaana Siib Kanna Saar | |
|---|---|
| country |
 Somaliland
|
| Usage period | 1960 |
| melody | traditional, edited by RAY Mitchell |
| Audio files | MIDI |
Kaana Siib Kanna Saar was the national anthem of the independent Somaliland, which existed for a few days in 1960.
history
As part of the decolonization of Africa , the colony of British Somaliland became independent on June 26, 1960 . A national anthem was composed for the independence celebration by RAY Mitchell, conductor of the Royal Highland Fusiliers military band . It was based on local folk music, there was no text.
On July 1, 1960, Somaliland united with Italian Somaliland , which gained independence on that day, to form the Republic of Somalia . After that, Kaana Siib Kanna Saar was no longer used as a national anthem.
The national anthem of Somaliland , which has existed since 1991, is Samo ku waar .
literature
- Ulrich Ragozat: The national anthems of the world. A lexicon of cultural history. Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1982, ISBN 3-451-19655-7 , p. 222.
- Martin Shaw, Henry Coleman, TM Cartledge (Eds.): National Anthems of the World. 3. Edition. Pitman, New York / London 1969.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c nationalanthems.info
- ↑ a b nationalanthems.us
- ↑ Ulrich Ragozat: The national anthems of the world. A lexicon of cultural history. Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1982, ISBN 3-451-19655-7 , p. 222.