List of African Writers By Country - Somalia

Somalia

• Ahmed Ismail Samatar (1950- ), writer and academic.
• Abdi Ismail Samatar (1950- ), geographer.
• Abdisalam Issa-Salwe, Somali-British academic.
• Abdurahman H. H. Osman "Mallay", diplomat and poet.
• Abdi Sheik Abdi (1942- ), US-based writer.
• Abdi Kusow, scholar and writer.
• Abukar Arman, diplomat and political writer.
• Ahmed Farah Ali "Idaja" (1948- ), Somali language writer
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969– ), feminist and anti-Islam activist.
• Cali Xuseen Xirsi (1946–2005). poet.
• Cristina Ali Farah (1973- ), poet and novelist.
• Faarax Maxamed Jaamac "Cawl" (1937–1991), novelist.
• Jaamac Cumar Ciise, historian of Somali oral literature.
• Maxamed Daahir Afrax, novelist, playwright and critic.
• Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, linguist and translator.
• Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, historian and scholar.
• Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi'(1941–), poet.
• Nadifa Mohamed (1981-), novelist
• Nuruddin Farah (1945– ), novelist.
• Rageh Omaar (1967- ), journalist.
• Said S. Samatar (1943- ), scholar and writer.
• Said Salah Ahmed, poet, playwright and filmmaker.
• Waris Dirie (1965– ), model and autobiographical writer.
• Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid (1919- ), literary scholar
• Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade (1920- ), poet
• Mohammed Ibrahim Shire, journalist and biographer.