Mohammed Wardi

Death Wardi suffered from kidney failure later in his life. He eventually received a kidney transplant, after one of his fans donated a kidney to him in 2002. He died on 18 February 2012 and was buried in the Farouk Cemetery in Khartoum.

Reception As part of the film score for the award-winning 2025 documentary Khartoum, Wardi’s music was praised by a review for generating a “pulsating sense of optimism, making it clear that Sudan will rise again.”

Looking back at his life and artistic career, Sudanese writer and critic Lemya Shammat called him an "inspirational figure in Sudanese music and culture, whose prolific talent and massive contribution remains unsurpassed in Sudan."

Poets and songwriters, with whom Wardi collaborated Abdel-Hadi Osman Ahmed Sawi Abdelkafi Aljayli Abdelmoneim Omer Altayib Ad-dosh – "Banadeha" Mubarak Basheer Mohamed Muftah Alfaytori Ishaq Alhalanqi – "A3z Alnas" Ahmed Altahir Ibrahim Alrasheed – "Saleem Alzog" Abdelrahman Alrayah Alsir Dolaib Abu Amna Hamid Ismail Hassan – "Alhaneen ya Foadi", "Nor Al3en", "Habenak mn Qlobna", "Almostaheel", Salah Ahmed Ibrahim – "Altayir Almohajir" Mohammed Almakki Ibrahim Haile Kamal Mahessi – "Jamal Aldoniya" Mohammed Abu Qatati – "Almursal" Altijani Saeed – "Gult Arhal", " Min Gair Meiad" Mahjoub Sharif – "Ya Sha3ban Lahbt thwrtak", "Masajenak", "We Will Build It (The Alternative)" ("حنبنيهو") Saadaddin Ibrahim Mohammed Abdalla Mohammed Babekir