Ahmed Ali Jimale ( ) is a Somali author, who hails from the Maxamuud Hiraab sub clan of Duduble Hawiye.

Biography

Ahmed holds a

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from the

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(UCLA). Current and former chair of

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at Queens College, City University of New York, he teaches courses in African, Middle Eastern, and European literature. His poetry and short stories have also been translated into several languages, including Japanese and the languages spoken in the former

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. 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
1954 births Living people American people of Somali descent CUNY Graduate Center faculty Queens College, City University of New York faculty Somalian non-fiction writers University of California, Los Angeles alumni Somalists {{Africanist-stub