Because of these innovations and his choice of poetic or patriotic lyrics, he was later dubbed the "Father of modern Singing in Sudan".
[1] According to an article in Middle East Eye online magazine, Ibrahim al Kashif's song Write to Me Darling is set to the lyrics of the poem Letters, written by Sudanese poet Abed Abdel Rahman.
Distance chose to come between them and me The nights of the past, oh God bless you Remember sitting atop hills Whispering the whispers of youth while we were in the dawn of youth I'll write to you, so write to me The one who remains the love of my life Remember my affection, Cherish our connectionIn 2018, al Kashif's song Elhabeeb ween (Where is my sweetheart?)
was reissued on the CD compilation Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins and Synths of Sudan.
[3][4] On 11 April 2020, one year to the day after the Sudanese people filled the streets at the military headquarters in the heart of the capital Khartoum to celebrate the downfall of dictator Omar el Bashir, three Sudanese rap musicians published their remake of Ana Afriki, Ana Sudani (I'm African, I'm Sudanese), bearing witness to the ongoing popularity of al Kashif's patriotic song.