This is a list of Somalists. These scholars specialize in Somali Studies, the scholarly term for research concerning Somali people and Greater Somalia.
Notable Somalist scholars Abdalla Omer Mansur – linguistics and anthropology Abdi Ismail Samatar – geography Abdi Mohamed Kusow – sociology Abdisalam Abdulle Garjeh - Pop Culture and Urban History Abdiweli Mohamed Ali - Economics Prof. Abdisalam Issa-Salwe – information systems Abdullahi Hagi Bashir Ismail – history and politics Abdul Ahmed III - Political Economy and Global Strategy Abdurahman Moalim Abdullahi Badiyow – history and religion Ahmed Ismail Samatar – International Relations Ali A. Abdi - anthropology and sociology Ali Jimale Ahmed – history and linguistics Annarita Puglielli – linguistics Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski – linguistics Cawo Mohamed Abdi – Sociology, Politics and Religion Charles Geshekter – history David D. Laitin – politics and history Enrico Cerulli – history and linguistics Harold C. Fleming – anthropology and linguistics I.M. Lewis – anthropology and history Lee Cassanelli – history Lidwien Kapteijns – history Martin Orwin – linguistics Helmi Ben Meriem -literature Mohamed Abdi Gandi – anthropology Mohamed Haji Mukhtar – history Mohamed Haji Rabi – linguistics Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi – linguistics Musa Haji Ismail Galal – history and linguistics Mustafa Feiruz – linguistics Neville Chittick – history and archaeology Osman Yusuf Kenadid – history, science and philosophy Said Sheikh Samatar – linguistics and sociology Shire Jama Ahmed – linguistics and sociology Virginia Luling – history Sada Mire – archaeology and history Hussein M. Adam – politics and history
See also Somali Studies