Abdi Sheik Abdi

Somali author based in the United States (born 1942)

Abdi Abdulkadir Sheik-Abdi (Somali: Cabdi Sheekh Cabdi, Arabic: عبدي عبد القادر الشيخ عبدي) (born 15 November 1942, Somalia) is a Somali author based in the United States.

Academia

Sheikh-Abdi holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English Literature and African Studies from the State University of New York and a doctorate in African History from Boston University. He has taught both in Somalia and the U.S., and is the author of numerous short stories, two novels, a collection of fables, as well as articles and essays.^[1]

Bibliography

The Luncheon, 1975
Rotten Bananas, 1979
Arrawelo: The Castrator of Men - a Somali fable
Divine Madness: Mohammed Abdulle Hassan (1856-1920), 1993
Tales of Punt, 1993
When a Hyena Laughs: A Somali Novel, 1994

References

^ Customer, A. "Amazon.com: Tales of Punt : Somali Folktales (9780963880222): Abdi Abdulkadir Sheik-Abdi: Books." Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & More. Web. 27 May 2010. <https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Punt-Abdi-Abdulkadir-Sheik-Abdi/dp/0963880225>.