{"id":64438,"date":"2022-12-05T13:58:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T13:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=64438"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:45:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:45:04","slug":"how-yma-o-hyd-is-connecting-communities-across-the-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/12\/05\/how-yma-o-hyd-is-connecting-communities-across-the-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"How Yma O Hyd is connecting communities across the capital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welsh and non-Welsh speakers alike are embracing the language as part of their Welsh identity as Wales\u2019s World Cup campaign puts Cymru on the world stage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums.jpg\" alt=\"Ali Goolyad playing drums at the St Fagans Welsh Somali Heritage Day\" class=\"wp-image-64441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-1024x524.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-770x394.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-1366x699.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-293x150.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-1400x717.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums.jpg\" alt=\"Ali Goolyad playing drums at the St Fagans Welsh Somali Heritage Day\" class=\"wp-image-64441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-1024x524.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-770x394.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-1366x699.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-293x150.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/ali-drums-1400x717.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ali Goolyad was among the celebrations during Welsh Somali Heritage Day at St Fagans Museum (<em>Photo credit: Ali Goolyad<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Welsh language protest song used as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=43Fag8ZQcz4&amp;themeRefresh=1\">official anthem<\/a> for Wales\u2019 World Cup campaign has highlighted the importance of the language to Welsh identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The connection was illustrated during an interview in Cardiff, when Dafydd Iwan, who wrote Yma O Hyd, was interrupted by a fan of the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali Goolyad, an artist from Butetown, stopped the interview to express his connection to the song, despite not being a Welsh speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I\u2019m proud to be Welsh and Somali, we share a lot of the same values<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone says: \u2018You\u2019re Somali, how do you like that?\u2019\u201d Goolyad, 31, states in the video. \u201cI say: connect with the lyrics.\u201d The video from S4C received over 2,700 likes on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">Pan ti\u2019n trio cyfweld a Dafydd Iwan yng nghanol Caerdydd\u2026 ma\u2019 ffans newydd \u2018Yma o Hyd\u2019 ymhobman!! <br>\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f<br><br>When you try and interview Dafydd Iwan in Cardiff City Centre\u2026 new fans of \u2018Yma o Hyd\u2019 are everywhere!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/S4C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@S4C<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAWales?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FAWales<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dafyddiwan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dafyddiwan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vxvw4BufeJ\">pic.twitter.com\/vxvw4BufeJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Heno \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f (@HenoS4C) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenoS4C\/status\/1589685385223077889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on what the song and language meant to his identity, Goolyad said \u201cI\u2019m proud to be part Welsh and Somali, we share a lot of the same values and traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Butetown artist said he does not currently speak Welsh, but considers the language a strong part of his Welsh identity, and has been learning via the Duolingo app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.duolingo.com\/2021-duolingo-language-report\/\">Data from Duolingo<\/a> from the past two years has shown Welsh continues to be one of the fastest growing languages in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yma O Hyd, released by Dafydd Iwan and Ar L\u00f4g in 1983, is about the adversity the Welsh language and people have experienced across centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/wales\/2022-11-08\/the-language-belongs-to-us-all-says-yma-o-hyd-singer\">ITV News<\/a>, Iwan stated the Welsh language \u201chas always belonged to us all\u201d, and Yma O Hyd has connected Welsh and non-Welsh speakers alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goolyad celebrated Wales\u2019 connection with Somalia during <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/stfagans\/whatson\/11786\/Welsh-Somali-Heritage-Day-\/\">Welsh Somali Heritage Day<\/a> at St Fagans museum, which highlighted the intersectional and intergenerational perspectives on heritage and culture in Wales and Somaliland.<br><br>Cardiff has one of the longest established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplescollection.wales\/collections\/376888\">Somali communities in the UK<\/a>, dating back to the 1870s. 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