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Hadraawi: The Somali Shakespeare
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
In Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, everyone knows the nation's most famous living poet - Hadraawi. They call him their Shakespeare. The poetry of Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadraawi' holds a mirror up to all aspects of life. Born in 1943 to a nomadic camel-herding family, forged as a poet in Somalia's liberal years pre-1969, jailed in 1973 for 'anti-revolutionary activities' without trial under the military junta, a campaigner for peace, Hadraawi's poetry tells the story of modern Somalia.(Photo: Hadraawi. Credit: BBC)
Released:
Aug 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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