Abdul rahim abby farah biography of albert

Ian Johnson

My hometown, Barry, is a remarkable place which has produced some remarkable people.

Former Plaid Cymru leader, Gwynfor Evans, was named the 4^th most important Welsh person of the last Millennium.

The story of Gareth Jones, who wrote about Stalin’s man-made famine in the Ukraine, has recently been turned into a Holywood film.

But few in Wales could tell you much about Abdulrahim Abby Farah, the man from Barry who became a senior United Nations diplomat, leading the 1990 UN Mission that oversaw the dismantling of South Africa’s apartheid state.

Farah was born in October 1919, the year of the Race Riots; only weeks after the murder of Chilean sailor, Jose Martinez, on a neighbouring street to Thompson Street where Farah was raised. His mother, Hilda Anderson, ran a boarding house while his Somali father, Abby Farah, was a sailor and entrepreneur.

The young Farah attended Gladstone Primary

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ABDULRAHIM ABBY FARAH, Diplomat, Official.

Abdulrahim Abby Farah - a World Voice For Freedom

Welsh-born Somali diplomat Abdulrahim Abby Farah who has died at home in New York aged 98 worked tirelessly behind the scenes at the United Nations.

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But few in Wales could tell you much about Abdulrahim Abby Farah, the man from Barry who became a senior United Nations diplomat, leading the UN Mission that oversaw the dismantling of South Africa’s apartheid state.

Abdulrahim Abby Farah (1919-2018) | Peoples Collection Wales

Abdulrahim Abby Farah chaired a special UN committee against apartheid which helped in the release of Nelson Mandela pictured here saluting well-wishers after being released from prison in 1990.