WALAALO HARGEISA The “Brothers of Hargeisa,” a northern Somali group of poets and artists, founded in Hargeisa in 1955 to write and perform plays...The group also admitted women, such as the poetess who bore the pen name Guduuda ‘Arwo. The founding members included Hussein Aw Farah, poet and singer, and Abdillahi Mohamed Mohamud Hersi “Qarshe,” poet-musician-singer and playwright. The Walaalo were very influential in the development of modern Somali drama and music. Their early plays were full of hello songs. Their treatment of national issues inspired and supported anticolonial sentiment. After independence, the Walaalo Hargeisa became part of the National Theater group in Mogadishu. Some members remained with Radio Hargeisa, where their work continued to be performed, or were employed by Radio Mogadishu. Source | Book | Historical Dictionary of Somalia, New Edition | By Professor Mohamed Haji Mukhtar | The Scarecrow Press.
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