Lately Somalia has been associated with war and we hardly ever hear of the poetry. The focus on saying just the right words, where everyday speech almost become a verse reminds me of hip hop. Read more about it here

" Facility with language is highly valued in Somali society; the capability of a suitor, a warrior, or a political or religious leader is judged in part by his verbal adroitness. In such a society, oral poetry becomes an art, and one's ability to compose verse in one or more of its several forms enhances one's status. Speakers in political or religious assemblies and litigants in courts traditionally were expected to use poetry or poetic proverbs. Even everyday talk tended to have a terse, vivid, poetic style, characterized by carefully chosen words, condensed meaning, and alliteration."

It's similar to the contrast of the urban inner city. Most of the time you only here about the killing and the poverty. You rarely contemplate on the art and the poetry.