About Iftin Band
Artist Biography
Iftin Band were a funk and R&B unit in Somalia during the 1970s and '80s. "Iftin" translates as "sunshine," and during their heyday they provided the aural variety in hotels, weddings, street parties, and clubs for well-heeled locals, traveling businesspeople, and tourists. The group recorded numerous cassettes in the basement studios of the Al-Uruba Hotel between 1982 and 1987. After several tracks appeared on comps in the 21st century, Ostinato Records spent more than seven years uncovering the band's music. In November 2022, the label released the fruit of those labors with Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions, Iftin Band's first official retrospective.
Hometown
Mogadishu, Somalia
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