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| Birth name | Mohamed Ibrahim Waday |
| Born | 25 December 1949 Magaala Xiqqoo, Dire Dawa, Ethiopian Empire |
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| Years active | 1968–present |
Shantam Shubisa (born Mohamed Ibrahim Waday; 25 December 1949) is an Ethiopian composer, singer and poet.[1] He was born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Along with musicians such as Ali Birra, Shantam Shubissa is regarded one of Oromian significant contributors to music during the late 20th century [2]
The stage name "Shantam" means "fifty". It was given after Shantam released a song where he composed the same chorus in five different languages: Arabic, Oromo, Somali, Amharic and Harari.[3] The word Shan is "five" morphed into Shantam to fifty. The surname Shubissa is derived from the word Shuba which means to dance Shubissa meaning dancer and was added Together, his name is translated as "fifty the dancer.
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- ^ Gow, Greg (2002). The Oromo in exile: from the Horn of Africa to the suburbs of Australia - Greg Gow - Google Books. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 9780522849905. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Shantam Shubissa. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.