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[ 0 => '{{Infobox musical artist', 1 => '|name = Mohammed Osman Wardi<br/>{{lang|ar|محمد عثمان حسن وردي}}', 2 => '|background = solo_singer', 3 => '|image = Mohammed Wardi.jpg', 4 => '|caption = ', 5 => '|birth_name = Mohammed Osman Hassan Salih Wardi', 6 => '| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|7|19}}<ref name="ce">{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalethiopia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11758:mohammed-wardi-sudanese-legend-and-musical-encyclopedia&catid=18:arts-and-culture&Itemid=10|title=Mohammed Wardi Sudanese legend and musical encyclopedia|publisher=Capital|accessdate=19 October 2010}}</ref>', 7 => '| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|2|18|1932|7|19}}<ref name=ap-obit>{{cite news|title=Iconic Sudanese singer Mohammed Wardi dies|url=http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/iconic-sudanese-singer-mohammed-wardi-dies-2185624.html|newspaper=Statesman|date=19 February 2012|agency=Associated Press}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ', 8 => '| death_place = Khartoum<ref name=ap-obit/>', 9 => '|origin = Swarda, [[Wadi Halfa]], [[Sudan]]<ref name="ce"/>', 10 => '|genre = [[Music of Sudan]], [[Nobiin language|Nobiin]], [[Arabic music]]', 11 => '|occupation = singer-songwriter, teacher', 12 => '|years_active = 1957 &ndash; 2012', 13 => '|instrument = [[Singing]], [[oud]], [[tanbur]], multiple instruments', 14 => '|label = ', 15 => '|associated_acts = ', 16 => '|website = ', 17 => '}}', 18 => ''''Mohammed Osman Hassan Salih Wardi''' ({{lang-ar|'''محمد عثمان حسن وردي'''}}; born 19 July 1932 &ndash; 18 February 2012) was a Muslim [[Nubian people|Nubian]] [[Sudan|Sudanese]] [[singer]] and [[songwriter]].<ref name="ce"/>', 19 => false, 20 => '==Early life==', 21 => 'Wardi was born on 19 July 1932 in a small village called Sawarda close to [[Wadi Halfa]] Northern Sudan.<ref name="ce"/> His mother, Batool Badri, died when he was an infant.<ref name="ce"/> His father, Osman Hassan Wardi, died when he was nine years old.<ref name="ce"/> He was brought up in a diverse and culturally rich background and developed an interest in poetry, literature, music and singing.<ref name="ce"/> Wardi traveled to [[Shendi]] to complete his education, and returned to Wadi Halfa as a secondary school teacher.<ref name="ce"/>', 22 => false, 23 => '==Music career==', 24 => 'In 1953, Wardi went to [[Khartoum]] for the first time to attend a convention as a teaching representative for his area.<ref name="ce"/> He moved to Khartoum and started his career as a musical performer.<ref name="ce"/> In 1957, [[Omdurman Radio]] chose him to record and sing on national broadcast in an arena with singers such as [[Abdelaziz Mohamed Dauod]], [[Hassan Atia]], [[Ahmed Almustafa]], [[Osman Hussaein]] and [[Ibrahim Awad]].<ref name="ce"/> Wardi recorded 17 songs in his first year.<ref name="ce"/>', 25 => false, 26 => 'He had a collaboration with poet Ismail Hassan, resulting in more than 23 songs.', 27 => false, 28 => 'Wardi performed using a variety of instruments including the Nubian [[tanbur]] and sang in both [[Arabic]] and [[Nubian language]]s.<ref name="ce"/> He has been described as "Africa's top singer", with fans mainly in the [[Horn of Africa]].<ref name="ce"/> His songs address topics such as romance, passion, Nubian [[folklore]], heritage, revolution and patriotism with some of his political songs resulting in him being jailed.<ref name="ce"/> After the [[1989 Sudanese coup d'état|military coup in 1989]], he left Sudan to voluntary exile in Cairo and Los Angeles.<ref name="ce"/> In 1990, Wardi played a concert for 250,000 Sudanese refugees at a refugee camp in [[Itang]], [[Ethiopia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sudan mourns singer Mohammed Wardi|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17101790|work=BBC|date=20 February 2012}}</ref> He returned to Sudan in May 2002.<ref name="ce"/>', 29 => false, 30 => 'In 2005, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Khartoum]].', 31 => false, 32 => '==Death==', 33 => 'Wardi suffered from [[Kidney failure|renal failure]] later in his life. He eventually underwent a kidney transplant after one of his fans donated a kidney to him in 2002. He died on 18 February 2012 at 10:30 pm and was buried in Farouk Cemetery in Khartoum.<ref>{{cite news|title=The death of Sudanese artist Mohammed Wardi|url=http://www.aljazeera.net/news/cultureandart/2012/2/21/%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af%d9%8a|work=Al Jazeera|date=21 February 2012|language=Arabic}}</ref>', 34 => false, 35 => '==Views on Darfur==', 36 => 'In a 2006 interview with journalist Dan Morrison, Wardi stated: "There is no rape in [[Darfur]]. The Sudanese people don't rape. Maybe the [[African Union]] are doing it. But not the Sudanese people."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morrison|first1=Dan|title=The Black Nile|date=August 2010|publisher=Penguin}}</ref>', 37 => false, 38 => '==Poets/Songwriters with whom Wardi collaborated==', 39 => '* [[Abdel-Hadi Osman Ahmed]]', 40 => '* [[Sawi Abdelkafi]]', 41 => '* [[Aljayli Abdelmoneim]]', 42 => '* [[Omer Altayib Ad-dosh]] - ''"Banadeha"''', 43 => '* [[Mubarak Albashir]]', 44 => '* [[Mohamed Muftah Alfaytori]]', 45 => '* [[Ishaq Alhalanqi]] - ''"A3z Alnas"''', 46 => '* [[Ahmed Altahir]]', 47 => '* [[Ibrahim Alrasheed]] - ''"Saleem Alzog"''', 48 => '* [[Abdelrahman Alrayah]]', 49 => '* [[Alsir Dolaib]]', 50 => '* [[Abu Amna Hamid]]', 51 => '* Ismail Hassan - ''"Alhaneen ya Foadi", "Nor Al3en", "Habenak mn Qlobna", "Almostaheel",''', 52 => '* [[Salah Ahmed Ibrahim]] - ''"Altayir Almohajir"''', 53 => '* [[Mohammed Almakki Ibrahim]]', 54 => '* Haile', 55 => '* [[Kamal Mahessi]] - ''"Jamal Aldoniya"''', 56 => '* [[Mohammed Abu Qatati]] - ''"Almursal"''', 57 => '* [[Altijani Saeed]] - ''"Gult Arhal", " Min Gair Meiad"''', 58 => '* [[Mahjoub Sharif]] - ''"Ya Sha3ban Lahbt thwrtak", "Masajenak",''', 59 => '* Saadaddin Ibrahim', 60 => '* Mohammed Abdalla Mohammed Babekir', 61 => false, 62 => '==References==', 63 => '{{reflist}}', 64 => false, 65 => '{{Authority control}}', 66 => false, 67 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Wardi, Mohammed}}', 68 => '[[Category:Sudanese musicians]]', 69 => '[[Category:Sudanese people of Nubian descent]]', 70 => '[[Category:Nubian people]]', 71 => '[[Category:People from Northern (state)]]', 72 => '[[Category:1932 births]]', 73 => '[[Category:2012 deaths]]', 74 => '[[Category:Deaths from kidney failure]]' ]