Career
He hailed from the Bantu ethnic minority community. Marshale worked as a drama producer and performer at Mogadishu"s Kulmiye Radio in the southern part of Somalia. He also worked with Universal television, a London-based Somali satellite television station.
Marshale was also one of the country"s most popular comedians.
Well known for his parodies of the local Islamist militants, he had been threatened by the First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Shabaab insurgent group in 2012, forcing him to hide in the northern Somaliland region for several days. On 31 July 2012, Marshale was shot dead by two unknown pistol-wielding men after leaving the radio station in Mogadishu.
He was the eighth person to be killed in targeted attacks on media personnel in Somalia in 2012, according to Amnesty International. Marshale"s funeral was attended by hundreds of journalists, relatives, supporters and dignitaries.