Mohamed Haji Mukhtar

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Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (born June 13, 1947 in Bakool , Somalia ) is professor of African and Middle Eastern history at Savannah State University in Savannah , Georgia. He is the author of several publications on the history and society of Somalia and Islam. Mukhtar belongs to the Leysan Rahanweyn clan and is also known as an advocate of the Maay dialect of the Somali language spoken by the Rahanweyn .

Works (selection)

  • Historical Dictionary of Somalia (New Edition) , Scarecrow Press 2003, ISBN 978-0-8108-4344-8
  • Somali Responses to Colonial Occupation (The Inter-Riverine Case) , in: Putting The Cart Before The Horse: Contested Nationalism And The Crisis Of The Nation-state In Somalia , 2004
  • The Plight of the Agro-pastoral Society of Somalia , in: Review of African Political Economy , 1996
  • Islam in Somali History: Fact and Fiction , in: The Invention of Somalia , 1995
personal data
SURNAME Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Somali historian, professor of African and Middle Eastern history
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bakool , Somalia