Hawo Tako (died 1948) was a prominent
Somali
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Horn of Africa
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activist.
Biography
Hawo Tako belonged to the
Abaskuul,
Jidwaaq Absame clan which settles the
Middle Juba 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 stat ...
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
The Somali Youth League (SYL) ( so, Ururka Dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed رابطة الشباب الصومالي, it, Lega dei Giovani Somali or ''Lega Somala della Gioventù''), initially known as the Somali Youth Club (SYC), was the first polit ...
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People from Mogadishu
20th-century Somalian women
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