He hailed from the Jibril Abokor, a Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan that inhabits small are of the Gabiley region.
In his early teens he started composing and reciting poetry (initially, he could neither read nor write).
Timacade was famous for his numerous poems, particularly his one euphoric paean to liberty that marked the 26 June 1960 celebrations of Somalia's independence from the British and pending reunification with Somalia 5 days later to form the Somali Republic.
In the mid-1960s, he joined the Somali Democratic Union (SDU) and became its main poet, continuing his anticlanist themes.
He was eventually taken to Jomo Kenyatta Hospital in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to undergo a number of treatments.