| Xiddigaha Geeska | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Origin: | Hargeisa, Somaliland |
| Years Active: | 2004–Present |
| Current Members: | For more listings See Below |
Xiddigaha Geeska (The Horn Stars) is a Somali music band from Somaliland.[1] [2] The band is funded by Somaliland's Ministry of Information and National Guidance.[3] The band is led by Hasan Dhuhul Labsalah .
Xiddigaha Geeska was formed in Hargeisa, Somaliland in 2004.[4] The band first rose to fame for promoting the Horn Cable Television group, a Somali television channel based in Somaliland. The band was formed at a time when the broader Somali entertainment and music industry was still struggling due to war, radicalization and cultural stereotyping, and the band soon grew to become a household name in Somaliland as well as other Somali-inhabited territories.[5]
| Name | Nickname | Joined | Left | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mursal Muse | Founding member (2012) | Present | |||
| Ahmed Weli | Furinle | Founding member (2012) | Present | ||
| Khadra Abdi | Silimo | 2013 | 2018 | ||
| Asma Ahmed | Love | Founding member (2012) | Present | ||
| Mohamed Abdi | BK | 2012 | 2016 | ||
| Hamda Abdi | Queen | 2012 | 2018 | ||
| Nimcan Abdirahman | Hillaac | 2013 | 2016 | ||
| Mohamed Ahmed | Cirro | 2013 | Present | ||
| Yurub Mohamed | Geenyo | 2013 | 2017 | ||
| Abdihani Hashi | 2013 | Present | |||
| Abdirahman Aydid | Oday | 2013 | Present | ||
| Yusuf Adan | Jeego | 2014 | 2016 | ||
| Ifrah Ahmed | Hargeisa | 2014 | Present | ||
| Yusuf Adan | Jeego | 2014 | 2016 | ||
| Ismail | Danan | 2014 | 2016 | ||
| Ikran Jama | 2014 | 2015 | |||
| Ifrah | Tolmoon | 2014 | 2016 | ||
| Yusuf | Hanad | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| Abdirisaq | Anshax | 2014 | Present |
A major controversy arose when four members of the group arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia to perform and shared photos online with a blue Somali flag, causing their arrest by Somaliland police for allegedly violating Somaliland's sovereignty.[6]
The Horn Stars have performed in several concert tours outside of Somaliland, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and the United Kingdom.[7] [8] The band's debut solo concert tour of 2015 visited Mogadishu.[9]