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After struggling against the U.S. visa system, this Somali pop star is St. Cloud bound

ST. CLOUD — Nearly one year to the day after he was originally scheduled to take the stage, Aar Maanta will perform at the Paramount Center for the Arts on Oct. 13.

It’s the final stop on his residency in Minnesota, bringing to a close a story well over a year in the making. 

Maanta is a prominent Somali-Muslim musician who has lived and worked in London since the late 1980s, writing and singing Somali music rich with influences from reggae, rock, hip-hop and house music in addition to traditional Arabic and Indian sounds. 

Read more: https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2018/10/08/somali-muslim-musician-aar-maanta-st-cloud-minnesota-concert-visa-delay/1534294002/

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