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Ali Birra

Ethiopian singer and composer (1950–2022)
Person Human Q143095

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
September 29, 1950
Date of death
November 6, 2022
Place of birth
Dire Dawa
Country of citizenship
Ethiopia[7]
Occupation
poet, composer, singer
Genre
world music[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Amharic, Oromo, Arabic, Harari, Somali[15][16][17][18][19]
Birth name
Alii Mahaammad[20]
End of work period
2022[23]
Family name
Mahammed[11]
Given name
Ali[12]
Instrument
voice, guitar[13][14]
Name in native language
Alii Birraa[21]
Native language
Oromo[8]
Start of work period
1961[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ali Birra en Ali Mahammed en Ali Mohammed Musa ar علي برة ko 알리 비라 ko 알리 무하머드 tr Ali bira tr Ali muhammed
🔖 Identifiers · 14
ISNI
0000000418341479
VIAF cluster ID
305203577
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2013087492
GND ID
1100174524
Africultures person ID
33740
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
167237964
Discogs artist ID
918287
Europeana entity
agent/base/102623
Freebase ID
/m/03clt6p
IdRef ID
177991348
MusicBrainz artist ID
19d99b5c-3231-4f6c-b03e-68e390b62e97
WikiTree person ID
Musa-40
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WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwtp783PK9jHc3BJ6384q
Yale LUX ID
person/895ed223-5f69-45a9-a01e-6f16dcba7495

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Languages spoken, written or signed 4
Arabic, Somali, Oromo, Harari
Occupation 3
poet, composer, singer
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Country of citizenship 1
Ethiopia
Genre 1
world music
Given name 1
Ali
Instance of 1
human
Native language 1
Oromo
Place of birth 1
Dire Dawa
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ali Birra was born on September 29, 1950[1], in Dire Dawa[2]. He died on November 6, 2022[3]. He worked as a poet[4], composer[5], and singer[6].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[24]

  • Country: ET[25]

  • Began / founded: 1947-09-26[26]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2022-11-06[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 19d99b5c-3231-4f6c-b03e-68e390b62e97[28]

FAQs

Where was Ali Birra born?

Ali Birra was born in Dire Dawa[2].

What did Ali Birra do for work?

Ali Birra worked as a poet[4], composer[5], and singer[6].

Related Entities

Dire Dawa Ethiopia

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  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . borkena.com. borkena.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → Ethiopia
    Native language → Oromo
    Place of birth → Dire Dawa
    Genre → world music
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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