# Luul Jeylaani (Lul Jeylani Ali)

> Luul Jeylaani (1950-2024): Waaberi singer known as Maama Luul.

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## Who was she?

Lul Jeylani Ali, known as Luul Jeylaani and nicknamed "Maama Luul", was a Somali singer born in 1950 ([Wikipedia, Lul Jeylani Ali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lul_Jeylani_Ali)). Somali Wikipedia describes her as a well-known Somali singer and actress ([Wikipedia (Somali), Luul Jeylaani](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luul_Jeylaani)).

## Career

She was a member of Hobolladii Qaranka ee Waaberi, the national Waaberi choir, and became famous in the 1970s and 1980s ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lul_Jeylani_Ali)). She performed with Aweys Qamiis, Ahmed Najiib Saad, Ahmed Sharif, Ahmeday Abukar, Ahmed Falash and others, and also acted in dramas (same source). Her songs include "Ebadkaa Ogow", "Riixaanta Janad" and "Berkaad Iiga Taalla" (same source).

## Later life

She moved to the United States in the early 1990s and returned to Somalia in 2018 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lul_Jeylani_Ali)). In April 2021 false reports of her death spread online; she denied them in an interview with Radio Mogadishu ([Wikipedia (Somali)](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luul_Jeylaani)). She died after a long illness in Minneapolis on 30 December 2024, aged 74 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lul_Jeylani_Ali)).

## In short

A Waaberi singer of the golden era, remembered as "Maama Luul".

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