Maxamed Daahir Afrax

Maxamed Daahir Afrax was born in 1952 in Jariiban, in the Mudug region, completed his primary schooling in Mogadishu, then went on to university in Yemen. A journalist and writer in Somali, Arabic and English, he settled in London, where he took a doctorate at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He founded the journal Hal-Abuur, devoted to Somali literature and culture, served as a member of parliament and minister of state, and headed the Regional Academy of the Somali Language, which he had helped to create. He died in October 2021.

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• NovelMaana-faayMaxamed Daahir Afrax · 1981not translated into EnglishLiterature