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""In this well researched study, Farah A Gamuute reveals the various uses of the metrical unit in Somali Poetry, and goes even further to elucidate the brilliant interaction between the metrical unit, music and the language. A highly significant contribution in this field of literature... A must-read for all those interested in Somali poetry"" - Dr. Jama Musse Jama, Director of Hargeysa Cultural Centre.

"""In this well researched study, Farah A Gamuute reveals the various uses of the metrical unit in Somali Poetry, and goes even further to elucidate the brilliant interaction between the metrical unit, music and the language. A highly significant contribution in this field of literature... A must-read for all those interested in Somali poetry"" - Dr. Jama Musse Jama, Director of Hargeysa Cultural Centre."

In this well researched study, Farah A Gamuute reveals the various uses of the metrical unit in Somali Poetry, and goes even further to elucidate the brilliant interaction between the metrical unit, music and the language. A highly significant contribution in this field of literature... A must-read for all those interested in Somali poetry - Dr. Jama Musse Jama, Director of Hargeysa Cultural Centre.

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Born in 1953, and graduated from the Somali National University, with a BA degree from the Faculty of Education, Lafole, Farah Ahmed Ali 'Gamute' is a Somali scholar actively engaged the promotion of the Somali language and its literature. He is a poet and short story writer, whose most recent work ""Coming of Age: An Introduction to Somali Metrics"" is published by Ponte Invisibile, a Redsea Cultural Foundation publishing company. Many of his short stories and poems appeared in Somali magazines and websites, notably in the reputable Somali portal 'Wardheer News'. Farah Gamute is actively involved with the two highly popular cultural events, Hargeysa International Book Fair and London's Somali Week Festival. He is a resident of Edmonton, Canada, and currently works as an independent researcher in Somali Poetics.

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