Born in Kismayo, Godane was married at age nine to Bulqaas of Ali Seleebaan.
She moved to Mogadishu in the later 1940s, joining the Somali Youth League; in the early 1950s, she was elected a member of the party's women's committee.
On national occasions she would recite buraanbur poetry, entertaining crowds at the regular party meetings as well.
In 1958, she was among those who supported Haaji Mahammad Husseen in his desire to form the Greater Somalia League; that same year, she was elected to Mogadishu's city council.
Godane remained steadfast in her socialist beliefs and desire to see a unified Somalia until her death.