Hawo Tako

Hawo Tako was a prominent Somali activist.

Biography

Hawo Tako, also known as Xaawo Taako or Hawa Osman,
A member of SYL, Tako participated in the 1948 riots in Mogadishu that followed the visit of the Four-Power Commission, where she was killed. 14 Somalis were killed during the Mogadishu massacre of 1948, including Hawo Tako, who tried to protect her people.
In 1977, the Somali Women's Democratic Organization was established with the support of President Siad Barre in 1977 in memory of Hawo Tako, a female member of the anti-colonialist Somali Youth League, who was killed during the riots in 1948.