# Saba Anglana

> Saba Anglana (born 1970): Mogadishu-born Italian singer and actor, album Jidka (2007), novel La signora meraviglia (2024).

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## Who is she?

Saba Anglana is a Somali-Italian actor and singer ([Wikipedia, Saba Anglana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saba_Anglana)). See [Somali music](/en/society/somali-music/).

## Early life

She was born in Mogadishu on 17 November 1970 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saba_Anglana)). Her mother's family was from Somalis living in Ethiopia (same source). Her father was a former Italian military commander who had moved to Somalia after the Second World War (same source). Wikipedia says the military government saw him as a possible spy, and the family was sent into exile in Italy while she was a child (same source).

She grew up in Italy and studied at Sapienza University in Rome ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saba_Anglana)). She learned Somali from her mother, including the Xamar Weyne dialect of Mogadishu (same source). See [Somalis in Italy](/en/diaspora/italy/).

## Career

In the 1990s she acted on Italian television, including the series *La Squadra*, in which she played a Somali-Italian policewoman ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saba_Anglana)). In 2007 she released her first album, *Jidka: The Line*, which mixes Somali music with Italian sounds (same source). In 2024 she published the novel *La signora meraviglia*, about her family's story and her search for her roots (same source). See also [Cristina Ali Farah](/en/people/cristina-ali-farah/).

## In short

A Mogadishu-born singer and actor in Italy whose music mixes Somali and Italian sounds.

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