Aw Jamaac Cumar Ciise | |
|---|---|
| Native name | جامع عمر عيسى |
| Born | Jaamac Cumar Ciise 1922 Qandala, Somalia |
| Died | 6 January 2014 (aged 91–92) Djibouti City, Djibouti |
| Occupation | linguist, historian, scholar |
| Period | 1960s–1990s |
| Subject | Dervish Movement, Political Islam, Somali Studies |
| Notable works | Diiwaanka Sayid Maxamed (1970) Taariikhdii Daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan (1976) |
Aw Jama Omar Issa (Somali: Jaamac Cumar Ciise, Arabic: جامع عمر عيسى) (c.1922 – 6 January 2014) commonly known as Aw Jaamac, was a Somali scholar, historian and collector of oral literature of Somalia.[1] He wrote the first authoritative study of Dervishes, the polity of monarch Diiriye Guure.[2]
- ^ Johnson, John William (Spring 1973). "Research in Somali Folklore". Research in African Literatures. 4 (1). Indiana University Press: 51–61. JSTOR 3818614.
Another important collection of folklore, this one recorded in a modification of the Arabic alphabet, has been made by Sheikh Jama Omar Issa, who is presently employed by Department Five.
- ^ Lewis, J.M. (2002). A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa (4th ed.). Oxford: James Currey. p. 315. ISBN 0852554834.