Ánde Somby

Ánde Somby

Infobox Person
name = Ánde Somby


image-size = 150px
caption = Ande Somby of Vajas during the Riddu Riđđu Festival in Norway, 2007
birth_date = Birth date and age|1958|5|12|mf=y [http://www.jus.uit.no/ansatte/somby/cvandeENG.htm Retrieved September 1, 2008]
birth_place = flag|Norway
ethnicity =
occupation = Sami writer, musician, artist, University Researcher.

Ánde Somby, born in Buolbmat, Norway, is a well known traditional Sami joik artist and a Research Scholar in the Faculty of Law at the University of Tromsø. A 'joiker' is a person who "joiks" (a type of singing) people, animals and landscapes within Sami culture and context.

He is a member of the group "Vajas" (in English it means echo) and is the vocals and joiker for the band.

See also

* Sami People
* Joik
* Vajas

External links

* [http://www.jus.uit.no/ansatte/somby/dajanENG.htm Ánde Somby's Sami Joik website]

* "Joik and the theory of knowledge", Ánde Somby (1995) [http://www.uit.no/ssweb/dok/Somby/Ande/95.htm]

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