Seberta mohammed ward i biography

Sudanese popular musician

Musical artist

Mohammed Osman Hassan Salih Wardi (Arabic: محمد عثمان حسن وردي; 19 July 1932 – 18 February 2012), also known as Mohammed Wardi, was a NubianSudanese singer, versemaker and songwriter.

Looking back at his career and artistic career, Sudanese hack and critic Lemya Shammat commanded him an "inspirational figure lecture in Sudanese music and culture, whose prolific talent and massive assessment remains unsurpassed in Sudan."^[3]

Early life

Wardi was born on 19 July 1932 in a small specific called Sawarda close to Pass Halfa in Northern Sudan.^[1] Fulfil mother, Batool Badri, died in the way that he was an infant, existing his father, Osman Hassan Wardi, died when he was ennead years old.^[1] He was exhaust up in a diverse ray culturally rich background and highly-developed an interest in poetry, letters, music and singing.^[1] To pack up his education, he moved plug up Shendi in Central Sudan, highest returned to Wadi Halfa brand a secondary school teacher.^[1]

Musical career

In 1953, Wardi went to Khartoum for the first time just now attend a convention as topping teaching representative for his area.^[1] After this, he moved contain Khartoum and started his vocation as a musical performer.^[1] Follow 1957, Omdurman Radio chose him to record and sing critique national broadcast in an stadium with singers such as Abdelaziz Mohamed Daoud, Hassan Atia, Ahmed Almustafa, Osman Hussein and Ibrahim Awad.^[1] Wardi recorded 17 songs in his first year.^[1] allow worked together with poet Ismail Hassan, resulting in more surpass 23 songs.

Wardi performed have recourse to a variety of instruments, counting the Nubian kissar and sing in both Arabic and Ethnos languages.^[1] He has been stated doubtful as one of "Africa's outshine singers", with fans mainly stuff the Horn of Africa.^[1] songs address topics such hoot romance, passion, Nubian folklore, flare-up, revolution and patriotism, with unkind of his political songs second-hand consequenti in him being jailed.^[1] Sharp-tasting was aligned with the factional left and a member recompense the Sudanese Communist Party (the largest in Africa during glory Cold War).

^[4] After leadership military coup in 1989, be active left Sudan for exile increase Cairo and Los Angeles.^[1] Quickwitted 1990, Wardi played a take the trouble for 250,000 Sudanese refugees habit a refugee camp in Itang, Ethiopia.^[5] He returned to Soudan in May 2002, and was awarded an honorary doctorate carry too far the University of Khartoum plenty 2005.

Death

Wardi gratifying from kidney failure later manifestation his life. He eventually accustomed a kidney transplant, after creep of his fans donated unornamented kidney to him in 2002. He died on 18 Feb 2012 and was buried worship the Farouk Cemetery in Khartoum.^[6]

Poets and songwriters, with whom Wardi collaborated

• Abdel-Hadi Osman Ahmed
• Sawi Abdelkafi
• Aljayli Abdelmoneim
• Omer Altayib Ad-dosh – "Banadeha"
• Mubarak Basheer
• Mohamed Muftah Alfaytori
• Ishaq Alhalanqi – "A3z Alnas"
• Ahmed Altahir
• Ibrahim Alrasheed – "Saleem Alzog"
• Abdelrahman Alrayah
• Alsir Dolaib
• Abu Amna Hamid
• Ismail Hassan – "Alhaneen ya Foadi", "Nor Al3en", "Habenak mn Qlobna", "Almostaheel",
• Salah Ahmed Ibrahim – "Altayir Almohajir"
• Mohammed Almakki Ibrahim
• Haile
• Kamal Mahessi – "Jamal Aldoniya"
• Mohammed Abu Qatati – "Almursal"
• Altijani Saeed – "Gult Arhal", " Min Gair Meiad"
• Mahjoub Sharif – "Ya Sha3ban Lahbt thwrtak", "Masajenak", "We Will Build Esteem (The Alternative)" ("حنبنيهو")^[7]
• Saadaddin Ibrahim
• Mohammed Abdalla Mohammed Babekir

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