Hawa Jibril Explained

Hawa Jibril (1920–2011) was a Somali poet, known especially for her work in the buraanbur genre.

Biography

Jibril was born into a nomadic family[1] on the Mudug plateau.[2] She composed her first poem at the age of twelve, inspired by a family fight.[1] Later she became a member of the Somali Youth League.[3] In 1993, she emigrated to Toronto, where she died, to escape the Somali Civil War; she had no papers proving Somali citizenship, and so was delayed in being naturalized.[4] [5] Some of her poems were later compiled and published in English and Somali by her daughter, Faduma Ahmed Alim, under the title And Then She Said, Saa Waxay Tiri.[1] In 2007, her life and poetry were the subject of a play, Bridge of One Hair.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FROM SOMALIA TO TORONTO: HAWA JIBRIL, SOMALI POET IN CANADA – Habitat. copahabitat.ca. 30 October 2017. 12 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712170535/http://copahabitat.ca/en/blog/from-somalia-to-toronto-hawa-jibril-somali-poet-in-canada. dead.
  2. Web site: Saa Waxay Tiri – Hawa Jibril. ssagkc.org. 30 October 2017. 19 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160119045832/http://ssagkc.org/resources/theshesaid.html. dead.
  3. Web site: Somali Youth League (SYL). www.facebook.com. 30 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Breaking Down Stereotypes: Somali Women Always Agents of History. Muslimah Media. Watch. 19 June 2013. 30 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Remembering Hawa Jibril. www.jumbliestheatre.org. 30 October 2017. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023752/http://www.jumbliestheatre.org/jumblies/remembering-hawa-jibril. dead.
  6. Web site: FROM SOMALIA TO TORONTO: HAWA JIBRIL, SOMALI POET IN CANADA. 30 October 2017.

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