Ahmed Ismail Samatar

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Ahmed Ismail Samatar
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Gabiley, British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
OccupationWriter, professor, scholar
CitizenshipSomalilander, American
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–La Crosse
University of Denver
Spousemarried
RelativesAbdi Ismail Samatar
Political partyHillaac

Ahmed Ismail Samatar (

Peace, Unity, and Development Party, the ruling party of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in June 2016. Samatar is being widely touted as a possible candidate for Somaliland's 2022 presidential elections.[2]

Biography

Ahmed Ismail Samatar was born and raised in the Gabiley District, situated in Somaliland. He is the brother of scholar and politician Abdi Ismail Samatar.[3] His father Ismail Samatar Mohamed (Dheere) was a businessman and traditional elder, and his mother Haliimo Abdilaahi Kahin is the sister of the late coffee tycoon Mohamed Abdillahi Ogsadey.

Samatar began his early traditional

Qur'an
teacher was Ma'alin Hassan Fahiye. In 1952, he was the first student enrolled in the first Gabiley Primary/intermediate school, where he finished his lower education. His middle and high schools were in Amoud Intermediate and Agricultural secondary school.

After finishing high school,[4] Samatar moved to Mogadishu, the capital city of the Somalia, where he was accepted as a radio broadcaster at Radio Mogadishu in the mid 60s. In the late 60s, Ahmed filled a vacancy at the BBC African service, although was still young. He served as a BBC broadcaster till the mid 70s when he made up his mind to get a higher education. He later moved from London to the United States.

Samatar has lectured at many universities and colleges, including

Toronto University, University of Amsterdam, York University, University of Otago, University of Hargeisa and Wellesley College
. His expertise is in the areas of global political economy, political and social thought, and Somali affairs. He is the author/editor of five books and over thirty articles.

Additionally, Samatar is the founding editor-in-chief of Bildhaan, one of the international journals of

Somali Studies. He is also the editor of eighteen volumes of Macalester International, a publication of undergraduate education and internationalism.[5]

A Fulbright Fellow, Samatar has been awarded grants by the

Mellon Foundation, the United States Institute of Peace, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the St. Paul Foundation
.

His current research is on two tracks: a collaborative two volumes on leadership and the Somali experience; and globalization and the rise of Islamic consciousness. Since 1994, Samatar has been teaching at Macalester College, where he is the James Wallace Professor and retired Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship.

In mid-2012, Samatar ran for political office as one of the potential candidates in Somalia's

2012 presidential elections.[6]

Bibliography

Year Title
1988 Socialist Somalia: Rhetoric and Reality
1995 Somalia: State Collapse, Multilateral Intervention, and Strategies for Political Reconstruction
1998 Nature, People, and Globalization
2002 The African state: reconsiderations
2003 Prometheus's Bequest: Technology and Change

Educational-background

See also

References↑

1.0 1.1 "Ahmed Samatar | Macalester College | Global Political Economy, African Politics | James Wallace Professor, International Studies, Dean, Institute for Global Citizenship". Works.bepress.com. Retrieved 2 August 2012.↑ Mohamed, Mahmoud (17 August 2012). "Profiles of Somalia's top presidential candidates". Sabahi. Retrieved 21 August 2012.↑ Betsy Salvatore. "International Studies Faculty". Macalester.edu. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

  1. ^ Betsy Salvatore. "Ahmed Samatar | International Studies | Macalester College". Macalester.edu. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. ^ Horn Cable TV. "Professor Ahmed Ismail Samatar officially joins Kulmiye party". Horn Cable TV. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Maxaa ka Taqaanaa Xubnaha Lagu Sheegay Qaswadayaasha Siyaasadda Soomaaliya iyo Qabiilada ay kasoo jeedaan". Xariiradnews. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Gaafo.com - Invitation to a Public Talk by Professor Ahmed Ismail Samatar at Queen Mary University London". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Ahmed Samatar | Macalester College | Global Political Economy, African Politics | James Wallace Professor, International Studies, Dean, Institute for Global Citizenship". Works.bepress.com. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  6. ^ Mohamed, Mahmoud (17 August 2012). "Profiles of Somalia's top presidential candidates". Sabahi. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  7. ^ Betsy Salvatore. "International Studies Faculty". Macalester.edu. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

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