Ali Sugule Egal
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Ali Sugule Egal علي سوغلي عيقال | |
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| Born | 1936 (age 87–88) Hargeisa, British Somaliland |
| Died | January 12, 2016 Abu Dhabi then buried in Hargeisa, Somaliland |
Sugule (Somali: Cali Sugule Cigaal, Ali Sugule Egal, Arabic: علي سوغلي عيقال) was a Somali poet. Sugule is considered to be one of the greatest composers, poets and playwrights of the Somali language.
Overview[edit]
Sugule was born in 1936 in Hargeisa in former British Somaliland (now Somaliland) to an Isaaq family from the Habar Yoonis subclan.[1] Sugule was against the Siad Barre regime who ruled Somalia from 1969 to 1991, that used the method "kill all but the crows" in Somaliland [2] Sugule wrote numerous plays, poems and songs against dictator Siad Barre that led to his imprisonment for several years.[1]
Sugule died at the age of 80 in Abu Dhabi on 12 January 2016 and was later buried in his hometown of Hargeisa Somaliland.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Tributes to Somali composer Ali Sugule Egal who dies aged 80". BBC News. 12 January 2016.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part I) | People & Power. YouTube.