Jama Musse Jama
{{Short description|Somali ethnomathematician and author (born 1967}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jama Musse Jama
جامع موسى جامع
| image = ASC Leiden - van de Bruinhorst Collection - Somaliland 2019 - 4479 - Dr. Jama Musse Jama, founding director and yearly organizer of the Hargeysa now 12th International Book Fair, sitting in his office among books.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}
| birth_place = Hargeisa, Somaliland
| occupation = Ethnomathematician, author
| known_for = Gobannimo Bilaash Maaha / Freedom is not free (2007)
A Note on my Teacher's Group – News Report of an Injustice (2002)
| alma_mater = Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale",
University of Pisa,
Somali National University
}}
Jama Musse Jama ({{langx|so|Jaamac Muuse Jaamac}}, {{langx|ar|جامع موسى جامع}}) (born 1967) is a prominent Somali ethnomathematician and author. He is notable for his research on traditional Somali boardgames such as Shax.
Biography
Jama was born in 1967 in Hargeisa, Somaliland, where he had his primary and secondary education. He then left for Mogadishu and attended the Somali National University, where he studied mathematics for four and half years. Fluent in Italian, Jama left Hargeisa to study as a mathematician at Pisa University, in Italy and he went on to obtain a PhD in Computational linguistics at Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale". He has a particular interest in civil liberties and he is the author (or co-author) of six books, two of them on Somali traditional games.
At Pisa University, Jama began researching traditional Somali games as well as the history of mathematics in the Horn of Africa, a topic which he has written about in several journals.http://www.emis.de/journals/ZDM/zdm993a2.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} His interests include Education in Somaliland,What are Somalia's development perspectives? pg 225 and as an activist, Jama is deeply involved in the affairs of the Somali diaspora during festivals{{cite web|url=http://gargaar.blogspot.com//2008/08/somali-week-festival-2008-with-ali.html|title=gargaar|access-date=25 October 2017}} and conferences which he chairs or is present as a key contributor. A specific interest of Jama's is to promote Somali language, literature, and literacy. He is the founder and the organiser of Hargeysa International Book Fair.{{cite web|url=http://www.hargeysabookfair.com|title=Hargeysa International Book Fair|website=hargeysabookfair.com|access-date=25 October 2017}} He created the Somali Corpus of digital texts for linguistic analysis. In 2014 he founded the Hargeysa Cultural Centre{{cite web|url=http://www.warscapes.com/reportage/hargeysa-cultural-center-and-community-development-somaliland|title=The Hargeysa Cultural Center and community development in Somaliland by Melissa Smyth|website=warscapes.com|date=18 May 2016 |access-date=16 June 2017}} and become its director.{{cite web|url=https://bordersliteratureonline.net/globaldetail/jama_musse|title=Interview with Dr Jama Musse Jama|first=Olatoun|last=Gabi-Williams|website=bordersliteratureonline.net|date=2019|access-date=26 March 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2020/09/literary-culture-in-somaliland-an-interview-with-jama-musse-jama|title=Literary Culture in Somaliland: An Interview with Jama Musse Jama|first=Bhakti|last=Shringarpure|author-link=Bhakti Shringarpure|website=Brittle Paper|access-date=16 June 2017}} In 2019 Dr. Jama Musse joined as Research Associate the Centre of African Studies at SOAS, University of London{{cite web|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/researchassociates|title=Centre of African Studies Research Associates|access-date=11 March 2019|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720200939/https://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/researchassociates/|url-status=dead}} and in 2020 as a senior research associate The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London, United Kingdom.
Work
=Articles (selected)=
- Where Politics Fails, Cultural Diplomacy is an Alternative Option [https://www.laimomo.it/prodotto/corno-africa-prospettive-relazioni Corno d’Africa: prospettive e relazioni, Africa e Mediterraneo n. 92-93 (1-2/20)]
- Can a Computer compose a Somali poem after 40 years of Somali Language written experience? [https://www.academia.edu/2539497/Can_a_Computer_compose_a_Somali_poem_after_40_years_of_Somali_Language_written_experience]
- Transitioning from Oral to a Written Culture: The Impact of Hargeysa International Book Fair, [https://www.laimomo.it/prodotto/libri-in-africa-libri-dafrica Africa e Mediterraneo n. 89 (2/18)]
- Tidcan: Multiple Alliteration of Somali Songs – New Insights, International Journal of Literature and Arts,Volume 9, Issue 3, May 2021, Pages: 124-142
- The role of mathematics in ethnomathematics Education: Cases from the Horn of Africa
- Creating a Mathematical Terminology: The Somalia Case with F Favilli
- Linguistic and Cultural Aspects in Teaching Mathematics with F Favilli
- Mathematics under an African acacia tree with F Favilli
=Books=
- Cittadinanza è partecipazione, Bianca&Volta Edizioni, Trieste, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-96400-50-0}} (ePub {{ISBN|978-88-96400-51-7}})
- SUPER KEEY: La leucemia non è un gioco, Edizione ETS, Pisa, 2010, {{ISBN|978-88-46727-74-9}} (CDROM game {{ISBN|978-88-46727-77-0}})
- Gobannimo Bilaash Maaha / Freedom is not free, 2007. {{ISBN|88-88934-06-5}}.
- A NOTE ON MY TEACHER'S GROUP – News Report of an Injustice, 2003. {{ISBN|88-88934-01-4}}.
- Shax: the preferred game of our camel-herders and other traditional African entertainments, 2002. {{ISBN|88-87332-05-3}}.
- Layli Goobalay: Variante Somala del Gioco Nazionale Africano, 2002, {{ISBN|88-88934-00-6}}.
=Awards=
- Cultura della Solidarietà, Pistoia, 29 June 2014. The organising committee commended him for his 'exemplary work promoting cultural knowledge and inquiry in Somaliland.'{{cite web |url=http://www.lavocedipistoia.com/a25303-grandi-protagonisti-al-premio-nazionale-cultura-della-solidarieta-previsto-per-sabato-al-teatro-bolognini.html |title=Grandi protagonisti al Premio Nazionale "Cultura della Solidarietà" previsto per sabato al Teatro Bolognini ..:: La Voce di Pistoia ::.. Notizie, News, Fatti, personaggi, politica della provincia di Pistoia |accessdate=5 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071908/http://www.lavocedipistoia.com/a25303-grandi-protagonisti-al-premio-nazionale-cultura-della-solidarieta-previsto-per-sabato-al-teatro-bolognini.html |archivedate=6 October 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://riftvalley.net/news/jama-musse-jama-redsea-cultural-foundation-wins-prize-italy|title=Jama Musse Jama of the Redsea Cultural Foundation wins prize in Italy {{!}} Rift Valley Institute|website=riftvalley.net|access-date=25 October 2017}}
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