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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – "Home Grown: The Somali-American Struggle" looks into the lives of the Somali population in Minnesota. In the first part of this series, WCCO's Al Schoch tells us who these people ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

War-torn Somalia moved a step closer to stability this September after picking its first president elected on home soil in decades. Political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an academic and activist ...

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 ...

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 ...

War-torn Somalia moved a step closer to stability this September after picking its first president elected on home soil in decades. Political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an academic and activist ...