Loss of life of the poet Hadraawi, nicknamed “the Somali Shakespeare” – Muricas News

Some of the well-known Somali poets, Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, often called Hadraawi and nicknamed the «Shakespeare somalien», died on Thursday August 18 within the breakaway Somali area of Somaliland, the place he lived. Aged 79, this extremely revered creator in Somali society, the place poetry is a centuries-old custom, had suffered from well being issues for seven years.

Hadraawi, who composed dozens of songs and epics in verse, notably spent 5 years in jail between 1973 and 1978 underneath the army dictatorship of Siad Barre, for having criticized the regime by means of his writings. After his launch, he went into exile in Ethiopia, then in the UK earlier than lastly settling in Somaliland, the place he was from.

“It’s surprising and it’s a fantastic loss, I wish to inform Somali talking individuals in all places and all over the world of the dying of the poet Hadraawi. We should pray for him now,” Somaliland President Muse Bihi informed a press convention in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. “I ship my condolences to the individuals of Somaliland and to all Somali talking individuals in all places. We are going to put together for his burial,” he added.

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, additionally hailed in an announcement “one of many Somali intellectuals who endeavored to contribute to the notice of the Somali individuals and their literature”. Hadraawi had no kids. His spouse died in March 2022 in Burao, his birthplace the place the couple lived.