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About Shantam Shubissa
- Shantam Shubissa (born Mohamed Ibrahim Waday; December 25, 1949) is an Ethiopian composer, singer and poet.
- 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 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 .
- The word Shan is "five" morphed into Shantam to fifty.
- The surname Shubissa means "dance" and was added later.
- Together, his name is translated as "fifty dancer.
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