Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf

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Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf, London, 2018

Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf is a contemporary Somali poet who has lived in exile in Britain since over 25 years. [1]

Yusuf's dual-language Somali-English collection The Sea-Migrations was named as one of 2017's best poetry books of the year by both Jeremy Noel-Tod and Carol Rumens. [2] [3] Yusuf is a skilled woman poet in a field mostly generated by men, she is a master of many forms of Somali poetry like gabay that uses alliteration and rhythm to bring its argument across. [4] She is a prominent figure in the Somali diaspora community through her engagement via her YouTube Channel and Whats App chain messages. She also is the host of a Somali TV show based in the UK. [5]

Works

References

  1. "Salve to Exile: Momtaza Mehri on Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf's memory work | Poetry London". February 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. Jeremy Noel-Tod, 'Books of the Year: Poetry', The Times , 26 November 2017.
  3. Carol Rumens, Carol Rumens’s best poetry books of 2017 Archived 2024-06-02 at the Wayback Machine , The Guardian , 3 December 2017.
  4. Pollard, Clare (2018-08-23). "The Sea-Migration: Tahriib". Bloodax Books Ltd: 1–16. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198779889.003.0011.
  5. "Salve to Exile: Momtaza Mehri on Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf's memory work | Poetry London". February 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-01-18.