Ahmed Ibrahim Awale (Somali: Axmed Ibraahim Cawaale) is a Somali environmentalist, and author.[1] He is an environmentalist with more than several decades of experience. He is the chairman of the Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation, as well as Candlelight for Environment, Education, and Health. He also lectures on environmental science at the University of Hargeysa and is the author of several books including, Environment in Crisis: selected essays on the Somali environment.[2]
Ahmed Ibrahim Awale | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954  Adadlay |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Environmentalist, writer |
Awale was born in the village of Adadlay, 95km east of Hargeisa, and lived close to the mountain Gaan Libah.[1] He was educated at the Somali National University.[1]
He is president of the Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation[3] and chair of the Somaliland organisation "Candlelight", which works in the fields of the environment, education and health.[4] He is affiliated with the University of Hargeisa,[5] and has written books in English on the archaeology and natural history of Somaliland, as well as works in Somali.
He is also known for his discovery of a new species of Aloe, the Somali Red Aloe ('Aloe sanguinalis') which he found growing wild near Alala Adka (Somali: Alaala Cadka) in 2014.[6] The botanical author abbreviation Awale refers to him.[7]
In 2020 a species of scorpion, Pandinurus awalei, was named in his honour.[1]
He is also instrumental in the discovery and description of a new aloe species, Aloe kaysei, in Somaliland in March 2024.[8]
Works
edit- Dirkii Sacmaallada (Volume 1) (Somali Edition) (in Somali) (Second ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Liibaan Publishers. 2013. ISBN 978-8799520848.
- Sitaad: Is-dareen Gelinta Diineed ee Dumarka Soomaaliyeed (in Somali) (Somali ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Liibaan Publishers. 2013. ISBN 978-8799520848.
- Maqaddinkii Xeebaha Berri-Soomaal: Taariikh-Nololeedkii Xaaji Sharma'arke Cali Saalax (1776-1861) (in Somali) (1st ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Liibaan Publishers. 2014. ISBN 978-8799520848.
- The Mystery of the Land of Punt Unravelled (Second ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Liibaan Publishers. 2015. ISBN 978-8799520848.
- Environment in Crisis: Selected Essays on Somali Environment (Second ed.). Hargeysa. 2016. ISBN 978-8799520855.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Introduction to Plants in Central Somaliland (1st ed.). (Redsea Cultural Foundation): Ponte Invisible. 2018. ISBN 978-8799520848.
- Tigaadda Tasawufka (first ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Liibaan Publishers. 2018. ISBN 978-8799520879.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "The Somali man who has a scorpion named after him". BBC News. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "African Books Collective: Ahmed Ibrahim Awale". www.africanbookscollective.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "About". Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "New aloe species found by Candlelight Chairman (Ahmed Ibrahim Awale)". Candlelight for Environment Education & Health. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Král, David; Hrůzová, Lucie; Šípek, Petr; Awale, Ahmed Ibrahim; Hurre, Ali Abdi; Sommer, David (15 May 2019). "Pachnoda iskuulka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), a new species from Somaliland, including a description of its mature larva". Zootaxa. 4604 (3): 482–496. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.5. PMID 31717179. S2CID 181750085.
- ^ Barkworth, Mary E.; Awale, Ahmed Ibrahim; Gelle, Faisal Jama (7 February 2019). "Dacar Cas/Somali Red Aloe: a new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from Somaliland". PhytoKeys (117): 85–97. doi:10.3897/PHYTOKEYS.117.28226. PMC 6377413. PMID 30783382.
- ^ "Awale, Ahmed Ibrahim". International Plant Names Index. IPNI. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Awale, Ahmed Ibrahim.; Gelle, Faisal Jama; Kennedy, Wambua Matheka (14 March 2024). "A new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from Acacia 'woodlands of hardships' in Adadley district, Somaliland". CactusWorld (42): 12–17.