Mohamed Ali Fourchette
Background information
Birth name	Mohamed Ali Fourchette
Born	1950 Djibouti, French Somaliland
Origin	Djibouti
Died	1992(1992-00-00) (aged 41–42) Djibouti City, Djibouti
Genres	Djiboutian music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Oud, Electric guitar, Vocals
Years active	1960s–1992

Mohamed Ali Fourchette (1950–1992) was a prominent Djiboutian vocalist and instrumentalist.^{[1][better source needed]}

Mohamed Ali Fourchette was born in 1946 in Djibouti, French Somaliland. He hails from Issa, Somali parents. Mohamed's involvement with music began at a very early age, with him first taking up singing during childhood. He later started to play the guitar.^[2] He went on stage for the first time in 1965 at the age of 15 with Abdi Bow Bow and Abdo Xamar Qoodh. He was shortly afterwards inducted to the Gacan Macan. In the 1970s, Fourchette sang famous patriotic song called Gobanimo meaning independence against the French colonization.

He died on 3 January 1993 in Peltier Hospital in Djibouti City, Djibouti.

• Gobanimo
• Dhamee Allaahayoow
• Ma Dhamaystirno
• Walaalayaal
• Maw liihii Na Oumaa
• Guusha
• Masiibo lugaley

• Music of Djibouti

• Heeesaha Mohamed ali fourchette