very  popular Somali comedian dies in Mogadishu

Abdullah Emir Awkuku, one of the most popular Somali comedians, has died in Mogadishu on Friday night after illness.

Except for one year in Yemen during 1990s, Aw Kuku remained in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, where he entertained war wary people with his remarkable wit and one-liners.

While in Yemen Aw Kuku was interviewed by some international Media about Basatin, an Aden village with high number of Somalis of Yemeni origin.

“Basatin is the central command of global mosquito. It is here where mosquitoes are given orders to go to Africa, Europe, Asia and any where in the world,” he said.

Aw Kuku acted in many Somali plays.

His role in plays was eagerly promoted by both southern and northern playwrights.

Few days ago Some of Somalia’s local televisions have serialized a comic film in which Aw Kuku outwits one of his friends by pretending to be a man from the hereafter.

Aw Kuku was the second artist of the older generation to die in Mogadishu this wee