K'naan Snags BBC World Music Award

K'naan, a Somali-Canadian hip-hop artist whose political lyrics often take us to his war ravaged homeland, has won a music award from the BBC. The broadcaster's annual Radio 3 Awards, designed to celebrate the best in “world music”, have selected K'naan as “best newcomer” of the year. This honour comes close to two years after his first full-length record, The Dusty Foot Philosopher was released in 2005.

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