Hawo Tako

Hawo Tako was a prominent Somali activist.

Biography

Hawo Tako, also known as Xaawo Taako or Hawa Osman,
A member of Somali [Youth League|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.