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'{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Mohammed Osman Wardi<br/>{{lang|ar|محمد عثمان حسن وردي}} |background = solo_singer |image = Mohammed Wardi.jpg |caption = |birth_name = Mohammed Osman Hassan Salih Wardi | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|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> | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|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> | death_place = Khartoum<ref name=ap-obit/> |origin = Swarda, [[Wadi Halfa]], [[Sudan]]<ref name="ce"/> |genre = [[Music of Sudan]], [[Nobiin language|Nobiin]], [[Arabic music]] |occupation = singer-songwriter, teacher |years_active = 1957–2012 |instrument = Singing, [[oud]], [[tanbur]], multiple instruments |label = |associated_acts = |website = }} '''Mohammed Osman Hassan Salih Wardi''' ({{lang-ar|'''محمد عثمان حسن وردي'''}}; 19 July 1932 – 18 February 2012) was a [[Nubian people|Nubian]]-Muslim [[Music of Sudan|Sudanese singer]] and songwriter.<ref name="ce"/> ==Early life== Wardi was born on 19 July 1932 in a small village called Sawarda close to [[Wadi Halfa]] in Northern Sudan.<ref name="ce"/> His mother, Batool Badri, died when he was an infant, and 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]] in Central Sudan to complete his education, and returned to Wadi Halfa as a secondary school teacher.<ref name="ce"/> ==Musical career== In 1953, Wardi went to [[Khartoum]] for the first time to attend a convention as a teaching representative for his area.<ref name="ce"/> After this, 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 Daoud, Hassan Atia, Ahmed Almustafa, Osman Hussein and Ibrahim Awad.<ref name="ce"/> Wardi recorded 17 songs in his first year.<ref name="ce"/> and worked together with poet Ismail Hassan, resulting in more than 23 songs. Wardi performed using a variety of instruments, including the Nubian ''[[kissar]]'' and sang in both [[Arabic]] and [[Nubian language]]s.<ref name="ce" /> He has been described as one of "Africa's top singers", 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 for 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|publisher=BBC|date=20 February 2012}}</ref> He returned to Sudan in May 2002, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Khartoum]] in 2005. ==Death== Wardi suffered from [[kidney 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 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|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=21 February 2012|language=Arabic}}</ref> ==Poets/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 It (The Alternative)" ("حنبنيهو")''<ref>{{Cite web|title="We Will Build It (The Alternative)" ("حنبنيهو") by Mohammed Wardi {{!}} English Translation - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45Gi9Dw978|access-date=2021-01-07|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> * Saadaddin Ibrahim * Mohammed Abdalla Mohammed Babekir == See also == * [[Music of Sudan]] * [[List of Sudanese singers]] ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links: == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45Gi9Dw978 Music video "We Will Build It (The Alternative)" ("حنبنيهو") by Mohammed Wardi] with English Translation and notes {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wardi, Mohammed}} [[Category:Sudanese musicians]] [[Category:Sudanese people of Nubian descent]] [[Category:Nubian people]] [[Category:People from Northern (state)]] [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from kidney failure]]'