1. Hawa Al-Tagtaga's father was a Sufi mystic and her mother a poet.
10 Facts About Hawa Al-Tagtaga
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Hawa Al-Tagtaga moved to Khartoum when she was fourteen-years old and soon after her arrival her singing was in demand for wedding parties.
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Hawa Al-Tagtaga joined the popular struggle against British colonialism and was famous throughout Sudan for her political activism and singing.
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Hawa Al-Tagtaga was a member of the Brothers Party, led by Ismail Al-Azari.
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Hawa Al-Tagtaga was arrested by the British government on several occasions, as well as being shot at when Al-Azari raised the new Sudanese flag.
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In later life, Hawa Al-Tagtaga was recorded singing on the television programme Names in our Lives.
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Hawa Al-Tagtaga was an exponent of the important role television and radio could play in people's lives, particularly in bridging gaps between generations.
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Hawa Al-Tagtaga lived out her life in Omdurman, but she never married, choosing, as she said, a life as a singer.
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Hawa Al-Tagtaga died aged 86, on the 12 December 2012.
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Hawa Al-Tagtaga was a well-known figure, and was easily recognisable, as she often wore a tobe in the colours green, yellow and blue, which were the colours of the first Sudan flag of independence.