Ali Jimale Ahmed ( so, Cali Jimcaale Axmed ) is a Somali poet, essayist, scholar, and short story writer. He hails from the Abgaal sub clan of

Hawiye The Hawiye ( so, Hawiye, ar, بنو هوية, it, Hauija) is the largest Somali clan family. Members of this clan traditionally inhabit central and southern Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia (Somali, Harar, Oromia and Afar regions) and the Nort ...

Biography

Ahmed holds a

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

from the

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(UCLA). Current and former chair of

Comparative Literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...

at Queens College, he teaches courses in African, Middle Eastern, and European literature. His poetry and short stories have also been translated into several languages, including

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and the languages spoken in the former

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. His books include ''The Invention of Somalia'' (Red Sea Press, 1995), ''Daybreak Is Near: Literature, Clans, and the Nation-State in Somalia'' (Red Sea Press, 1996), and ''Fear Is a Cow'' (Red Sea Press, 2002). Ahmed currently teaches Comparative Literature at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Publications

*''The Invention of Somalia'', (The Red Sea Press: 1995), , *''Daybreak is Near: Literature, Clans, and the Nation-state in Somalia'', (Red Sea Press: 1997), , *''Fear is a Cow'', (The Red Sea Press: 2002), , *''Diaspora Blues'', (The Red Sea Press: 2005), *''The Road Less Traveled: Reflections On The Literatures Of The Horn Of Africa '', (The Red Sea Press: 2008),

References

*Ali Jimale Ahmed, ''The Invention of Somalia'', (The Red Sea Press: 1995), , *Ali JImale Ahmed, ''Daybreak is Near: Literature, Clans, and the Nation-state in Somalia'', (Red Sea Press: 1997), , *Ali Jimale Ahmed, ''Fear is a Cow'', (The Red Sea Press: 2002), , *Ali Jimale Ahmed, ''Diaspora Blues'', (The Red Sea Press: 2005),

External links

Queens College - Department of Comparative Literature - Ali Jimale Ahmed
American people of Somali descent Living people City University of New York faculty Somalian non-fiction writers University of California, Los Angeles alumni Somalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Africanist-stub