Ali Sugule Egal Explained

Ali Sugule Egal
علي سوغلي عيقال
Birth Place:Hargeisa, British Somaliland
Death Date:12 January 2016
Death Place:Abu Dhabi then buried in Hargeisa, Somaliland

Sugule (Somali: Cali Sugule Cigaal, Somali: 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

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tributes to Somali composer Ali Sugule Egal who dies aged 80. BBC News. 12 January 2016.
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part I) People & Power . YouTube.