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Said Sheikh Samatar (Saciid Sheekh Samatar) was born on 1943 in Ogaden, Ethiopia, is an A somalian non-fiction writer. Discover Said Sheikh Samatar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Saciid Sheekh Samatar
Occupation Scholar, writer
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign
Born 1943, 1943
Birthday 1943
Birthplace Ogaden, Ethiopia
Date of death 24 February, 2015
Died Place Newark, New Jersey, United States
Nationality Ethiopia

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His wife is Lydia Samatar

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1943

Said was born in 1943 in the Ogaden in Ethiopia to Faduma and Sheikh Samatar.

He came from a large family consisting of fourteen people, including his father's second wife.

He hailed from Fiqi Ismaciil a subclan of Leelkase Tanade Daarood.

Samatar spent his early years in a nomadic environment, where he writes that "seasons of plenty" with "fragrant flowers blooming all over the fallowed fields, abundant milk and meat" alternated with the "perennial threat of starvation during droughts, marauding gangs of enemy clans bent on murder and mayhem, stripping you of your livestock, the ever-present danger of ravenous predators."

1958

In 1958, Said's father, who had been working for the government as an Islamic magistrate since 1948, sent for him to begin schooling.

Samatar subsequently moved to the town of Qalaafo, transitioning from nomadic life to urban life.

A sixteen year old at the time, Samatar found himself surrounded by eight-year-old classmates.

He says that while the experience in general was humiliating, he endured.

He completed his early education with a stint at a middle school in Nazareth, Ethiopia.

1970

In 1970, Samatar began working at the National Teaching College in Somalia alongside several American librarians.

There, an American friend suggested that he continue his education at a university in the United States.

Coming to the U.S. on a scholarship, Samatar commenced studies at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana.

He attended early morning and night classes, while working during the day as a welder to support his wife, who at the time was pregnant with their two children.

1973

Samatar graduated from Goshen College in 1973 with a degree in history and literature.

He followed that with a Master's degree in Northeast African history, and received a graduate certificate in African studies.

1979

In 1979, he obtained a doctorate in African history from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Soon after, a job offer arrived from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, where Samatar taught from 1979-1981.

Samatar was a member of the executive committee of the Somali Studies International Association since 1979, and served as a managing editor of the Horn of Africa journal.

He was also a member of the International Advisory Board of Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies, published by Macalester College.

Additionally, Samatar was a consultant to The Somali Experience project and was a member of the African Studies Association.

He oversaw Somali-related programming on Voice of America.

1981

In July 1981, he accepted a post at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey.

His daughter is award-winning author Sofia Samatar.

1983

Beginning in 1983, Samatar appeared on BBC shows for interviews regarding Northeast Africa, and discussed Somalia on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN International, as well as PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio and television news programs.

Samatar has been cited in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times and The Washington Post.

1992

In 1992, as part of the Social Science Research Council team's reassessment of the "Teaching and Study of the Humanities in Africa," he went to Somalia as a consultant and interpreter for the ABC news program Nightline with the American journalist Ted Koppel.

1995

In 1995, along with Ismail Ali Ismail, Samatar took part in an international symposium in Asmara, Eritrea for the writing of the Constitution of Eritrea.

Samatar was a regular fixture in the popular media.

2015

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

On 24 February 2015, Said Sheikh Samatar died while undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness in Newark.

He is survived by his wife Lydia, son Delmar, daughter Sofia, and four grandchildren.

Somali expatriates around the world sent their condolences to the late scholar's family.

Samatar authored a number of books, including a series on Somalia.

In addition, he wrote a variety of articles, scholarly papers and book reviews.