Biography: Writer, historian, and intellectual, Boobe Yuusuf Ducaale

Biography: Writer, historian and intellectual, Boobe Yuusuf Ducaale

May Allah have mercy on him, today in the city of Hargeysa, the political intellectual, writer, cultural expert and historian, Cabdiraxmaan Yuusuf Ducaale (Boobe) was buried, who passed away yesterday in the same city of Hargeysa.

Boobe was described by those who knew him as a person who was honest, respectful to all people equally.

Sheekh Almis Yaxya, who was a nephew of the late Cabdiraxmaan Boobe, described him as a great pillar who has left behind family, friends and all Somalis.

"He was a family man, loved children very much, both his own and those of his siblings, he was very significant in the family, we used to take advice and guidance from him, he was wise and listened well," Sheikh Almis told the BBC.

Speaking about the later years of his life, the Sheikh mentioned that the deceased preferred to live his life alone, 'He would refuse to waste much time, and you would think he was in a competition with the setting sun and the rising dawn,' he added.

Somali intellectuals, those who gather the legacy of literature, describe Boobe as an example worthy of emulation.

May Allah have mercy on him, Cabdiraxmaan Yuusuf Ducaale (Boobe) was born in 1948 in the city of Hargeysa.

His early education in learning the Quran was taken in the city of Hargeysa.

His formal education began in the city of Hargeysa, starting from primary school at Reece Primary School, and then he moved to Biyo-Dhacay Primary School, where he graduated in 1959.

In 1964, he moved to the city of Mogadishu to study at the Banaadir high school, which was a boarding school established and taught by teachers from the Soviet Union.

He graduated from high school in 1968. That same year, he left for Italy to pursue higher education.