Ahmed Mumin Warfa
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Ahmed Mumin Warfa أحمد مومين وارفا | |
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| Nationality | Somali |
| Occupation | Scientist |
| Known for | Discovering the Cyclamen somalense |
Ahmed Mumin Warfa (Somali: Axmed Mumiin Warfa, Arabic: أحمد مومين وارفا) is a Somali scientist specializing in botany, who with his colleague Mats Thulin discovered Cyclamen somalense, the newest[when?] species to be described.[1]
Biography
Somalia
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Warfa was a professor at the Somali National University, where he taught biology and agriculture. He also regularly conducted research with colleagues in Somalia, where he jointly discovered several endemic species, notably in the northeastern Bari region.
With the outbreak of the civil war in 1991 and the closure of the university, Ahmed became a peacemaker,[clarification needed] working as a translator for the United Nations and setting up councils for the reconciliation process in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His efforts brought him into conflict with several local militia leaders. In 1994, he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
His children are, Sumaya Mumin, Ismail Mumin, Daud Ahmed Mumin, Hibo Mumin, Farah Mumin, Mohamed Mumin, Aisha Mumin, Yusuf Mumin, Dahir Mumin, Halima Mumin, Fadumo Mumin, and Fadumo Mumin.
United States
Warfa subsequently left Somalia for Nairobi, Kenya, from where he then emigrated to the United States and joined the Salt Lake Community College as a volunteer professor and worked at Brigham Young University as a professor of biology. He continues to attend conferences on herbology as a keynote speaker or contributor.
Warfa is also actively involved in the affairs of Somalia and the Somali diaspora, whether as a reconciliator working for the UN and the Somali President[2][3] or as an activist raising funds for projects such as Hiiraan University.[4]
References
- ^ Cyclamen somalense Archived 2012-07-29(Date mismatch) at archive.today. Cyclamen Society. Archived June 8, 2014(Date mismatch), at archive.today
- ^ "Prof. Ahmed Mumin Warfa is appointed as the Senior advisor of the President of the Somali Republic". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ^ The new Africa: dispatches from a changing continent By Robert M. Press pg 197
- ^ Online, Hiiraan. "Hiiraan University (HU) Fundraising Event". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
