Somali: italic=no|Qolobaa Calankeed | |
Alt Title: | Qolobaa Calankeedu waa ceynoo |
English Title: | Every nation has its own flag |
Prefix: | National |
Author: | Abdullahi Qarshe |
Lyrics Date: | 1959 |
Composer: | Abdullahi Qarshe |
Music Date: | 1959 |
Predecessor: | “Soomaaliyeey toosoo” |
Sound: | Somali national anthem, performed by the United States Navy Band.oga |
Sound Title: | U.S. Navy Band abridged instrumental version (equivalent to the chorus followed by the first two lines of the chorus / a verse) |
"Somali: italic=no|Qolobaa Calankeed" (pronounced as /so/; ;) is the national anthem of Somalia. Written and composed by Abdullahi Qarshe,[1] [2] it was adopted on 1 August 2012 with the passage of the Somali national constitution,[3] in which it is enshrined. It replaced "Soomaaliyeey toosoo", which had been in use since 2000. "Soomaaliyeey toosoo" is often still used as a de facto national anthem, though the official national anthem for Somalia is "Qoloba Calankeed".