Nationality Somalian, American Relatives Ahmed Ismail Samatar Role Writer | Name Abdi Samatar Spouse Cawo Mohamed Abdi | |
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Occupation scholar, writer, professor Alma mater University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Iowa State University
University of California, Berkeley Subject geography, democracy, development Notable awards Outstanding Community Service Award (2004)
Design Achievement Award (2000)
Collegiate Teaching Award (1989–90) Books An African Miracle: State and Class Leadership and Colonial Legacy in Botswana Development Education University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, University of California, Berkeley, Iowa State University | ||
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Abdi Ismail Samatar (Somali: Cabdi Ismaaciil Samatar, Arabic: عبدي إسماعيل ساماتار) (born 1950) is a Somali scholar, writer and professor.
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- Daawo prof abdi ismail samatar vs prof ahmed ismail samatar walaalo kala aragti duwan
- Waraysi professor abdi ismail samatar
- Personal life
- Career
- Awards
- Professional memberships
- Selected works
- References
Waraysi professor abdi ismail samatar
Personal life
Samatar was born in 1950 in the western Gabiley province of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. He hails from the Mahad 'Ase section Gadabuursi clan. He is the brother of scholar and politician Ahmed Ismail Samatar.
For his tertiary education, Samatar earned an A.B. from the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in 1979. He later obtained a MCRP in Urban/Regional Planning from the Iowa State University in 1981. In 1985, he completed a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
Samatar is Muslim. He is married to professor Cawo Mohamed Abdi.
Career
Between the late 1980s and early 1990s, Samatar was a lecturer at the University of Iowa. He later joined the University of Minnesota's faculty, serving as a professor of geography and chair of the institution's geography department.
He has authored several books centered on democracy and development in the Horn of Africa and the developing world. In 2000, his non-fiction work An African Miracle was a finalist for the year's Herskovits Prize.
In Spring 2003, Samatar was the Chair of the Harmonization Committee of the Somali Charter: Somali Reconciliation – Independent Committee.
In 2013–2014, he also served as the President of the African Studies Association. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest or contributor at various international media outlets, including Voice of America, PBS, Al Jazeera, the BBC, Radio France International, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, TV Channel 5 and Somali TV Minneapolis.
In January 30 he was appointed to leader of the election commission to oversee the integrity of the Somalia presidential elections that were held 8 February 2017.
Awards
Samatar has received various awards for his work, including:
Professional memberships
Samatar's professional memberships include: