Hawo Tako (died 1948) was a prominent
Somali activist.
Biography
Hawo Tako belonged to the
Abaskuul
The Abaskuul, Abasguul, Abasgul or Abaskul (Somali: ''Abasguul'', ''Abaskuul''. Arabic: ابسغول) is a Somali sub-clan of the Jidwaaq, Absame, Kumade, Kablalah, Darod line. The Abaskuul mainly reside between Jigjiga and Degahbur in the Soma ...
,
Jidwaaq Absame clan which settles the
Middle Juba
Middle Juba ( so, Jubbada Dhexe, Maay: ''Jubithy Dhahy'', ar, جوبا الأوسط, it, Medio Giuba) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the autonomous Jubaland region.
...
region of Somalia as well as the
Fafan valleys in the
Somali Region
The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, ሱማሌ ክልል, Sumalē Kilil, ar, المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state ...
of Ethiopia. A member of
SYL, Tako participated in the 1948 riots in
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
that followed the visit of the
Four-Power Commission, where she was killed.
[Castagno, p.73] The Mogadishu massacre of 1948 many were killed 14, including Hawo Tako who tried to protect her people.
See also
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Somali Youth League
Notes
References
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1948 deaths
20th-century Somalian people
Darod
Year of birth missing
Ethnic Somali people
Somalian politicians
Somalian women in politics
Somalian activists
Somalian women activists
People from Mogadishu
20th-century Somalian women
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