Professor Ahmed Samatar has been a leading advocate for a united Somalia and a strong critic of the country’s clan-based political system that continues to divide Somalis. Demonstrating his views ...

As students return to Macalester College this fall, it is unlikely that any of them will have to write an essay entitled, “How I spent my summer vacation.” Professors don’t often lecture about such ...

Richard Dowden — Said Samatar, who died last week, explained Somalia. A brilliant scholar he used words like swords and clubs wielded with speed and skill to skewer or batter his audience. Not just a ...

NEWARK — Longtime Rutgers professor and prominent Somali scholar Said Samatar died Tuesday at 71, according to the university. Born in a remote section of Ethiopia inhabited by Somalis, Samatar spent ...

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Akin to all Somalis, I am overcome with threnody feeling over the sudden death of Dr. Ali Khalif Galaydh. In the past week, then, I have been trying to come to terms with: (a) what the death meant to ...

Said Sheikh Samatar, a Somali-American historian who passed away in New Jersey last week, was a Professor of African history at Rutgers University for more than three decades. Professor Samatar's name ...

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Said Samatar, professor of African history at Rutgers University fears recent arrests in New York would be bad for Somalis in particular A Somali-born U.S. professor is blaming the radicalization of ...