Gaariye Explained

Mohamed Hashi Dama
Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac
Pseudonym:Gaarriye
Birth Place:Hargeisa, British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
Death Place:Norway
Occupation:Poet, Activist
Nationality:somali
Alma Mater:Somali National University
Subject:Patriotism, Anti-Apartheid, Reconciliation
Notableworks:Hargarlaawe, Delley, Fad Galbeed, Garaad-daran

Mohamed Hashi Dhamac (Somali: Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac, 1949 – 30 September 2012) better known as Gaarriye, was a Somali poet and political activist. He belonged to the Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan.[1] [2]

Biography

Gaariye was born in Hargeisa in 1949 in former British Somaliland. He finished his elementary and secondary studies in Hargeisa in the early 1970s.[3] and for University studies he enrolled in the Somali National University College in Afgooye and took the degree in bachelor of science in 1974.[4] Known as a sharp critic, he would start the famous Deelley poetic chain in response to repression in Somalia under Siad Barre's rule. Other famous poets such as Hadrawi would contribute to Deelley.[5] He was a member of the Somali National Movement and following the Somali Civil War he composed one of the best known Somali poems on the theme of reconciliation, "Hagarlaawe" (The Charitable) which is translated into English by Martin Orwin.[6] [7] [8] In the 1970s Gaariye independently discovered the Somali prosodic system around the same time as fellow literary scholar Abdillahi Diiriye Guled.[9]

Gaarriye died at a hospital in Norway on 30 September 2012.[10]

Poetry

Gaariye worked closely with British linguist Martin Orwin in the later years of his life to transcribe and translate many of his best poems into English. His translated poems were published post humously alongside Hadraawi's and some other prominent contemporary Somali poets in a 2018 biography of Gaariye.[11]

Works

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: B. W. Andrzejewski . S. Pilaszewicz . W. Tyloch . Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys . 394 . 2009 . 1985 . 9780521256469 . . 1 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Orwin. Martin. Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'. Poetry Translation Centre. 17 September 2012. 8 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130908224552/http://www.poetrytranslation.org/poets/Maxamed_Xaashi_Dhamac_%27Gaarriye%27. dead.
  3. Web site: Somaliland: Mohamed Hashi Gaariye Passes away - . 2016-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806205859/http://www.somalilandpress.com/somaliland-mohamed-hashi-gaariye-passes-away/ . 2016-08-06 . dead .
  4. Web site: Somaliland: Mohamed Hashi Gaariye Passes away - . 2016-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806205859/http://www.somalilandpress.com/somaliland-mohamed-hashi-gaariye-passes-away/ . 2016-08-06 . dead .
  5. Book: Issa-Salwe, Abdisalam M.. The Collapse of the Somali State: The Impact of the Colonial Legacy. 1996. HAAN. 83. 9781874209911.
  6. Didier Morin, Littérature et politique en Somalie, Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire, Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, 1997, p.32
  7. Web site: Hagarlaawe : Mohamed Hashi Dama : 9780956117335.
  8. Rebuilding Somaliland:issues and possibilities, Red Sea Press, 2005, p. 141
  9. Somali Prosodic Systems. Johnson, John William,(1979). Horn of Africa Journal, 2(3): 46-54
  10. Web site: The Great Somali Poet, Mohamed Hashi Dama (Gaarriye), Passes away in Norway. JubbalandNews. Jubbalandnews.com. 1 October 2012. 1 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102061848/http://jubbalandnews.com/?p=8773. 2 November 2012. dead.
  11. Book: Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac Gaarriye: Biography and Poems. 2018. Ponte Invisible. 9788888934334. Jama Musse Jama. 12.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Gaariye".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.