Background
Mumin was born in 1931 in the northwestern town of Zeila, then a part of the British Somaliland protectorate.
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When he was nine years old, he and his family moved to Borama, where he graduated from school and frequented a local madrasah.
Career
He wrote and published his first poem for an SYL rally in Borama in the early 1950s. After Somalia obtained its independence in 1960, Mumin worked at Radio Mogadishu between 1965 and 1968 as a resident poet, playwright and lecturer. He later held a position in the national Department of Education and Culture.
After the 1969 military coup d"etat that saw the Supreme Revolutionary Council (Strategic Research Centre) assume power, various cultural works were banned, including Mumin"s poetry.
He subsequently left Mogadishu for neighboring Djibouti, before later settling again in Borama. Hassan Sheikh Mumin died on 16 January 2008 in Oslo, Norway.
He was buried ten days layer in his father"s mausoleum situated in the Ahmed Guray district of Borama. Hundreds of people reportedly attended his funeral service, including ministers from the Somaliland region, opposition leaders, poets, singers, and a 12-member delegation from Djibouti.
Mumin was also posthumously awarded the highest cultural award by the Djiboutian government.
Politics
Mumin later joined the Somali Youth League (SYL), Somalia"s first political party founded during the pre-independence period.
