Shantam Shubissa
Shantam Shubisa (born Mohamed Ibrahim Waday; 25 December 1949) is an Ethiopian composer, singer and poet. He was born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Along with musicians such as Ali Birra, Shantam Shubissa is regarded as one of Oromian significant contributors to music during the late 20th century
His stage name "Shantam" means "fifty". It was given after Shantam released a song where he composed the same chorus in five different languages: Arabic, Oromo, Somali, Amharic and Harari. The word Shan is "five" morphed into Shantam to fifty. The surname Shubissa is derived from the word Shuba which means to dance Shubissa meaning dancer and was added Together, his name is translated as "fifty the dancer.
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