Said Sheikh Samatar

Said Sheikh Samatar
Native name
سعيد الشيخ سمتر
BornSaciid Sheekh Samatar
1943 (1943)
Ogaden, Ethiopia
Died24 February 2015(2015-02-24) (aged 71–72)
Newark, New Jersey, United States
OccupationScholar, writer
Alma materGoshen College (1973)
Northwestern University (1979)
Notable worksOral poetry and Somali nationalism (1982)
Somalia: Nation in Search of a State (1987)
SpouseLydia Samatar
ChildrenSofia Samatar, Delmar Samatar

Said Sheikh Samatar (Somali: Siciid Sheekh Samatar, Arabic: سعيد الشيخ سمتر‎; 1943 – 24 February 2015) was a Somali scholar and writer.

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