Said Salah Ahmed

Educator, poet, playwright and filmmaker Said Salah Ahmed fled Somalia during the Civil War and immigrated to the Twin Cities in the early 1990s. Since then he wrote The Lions Share a childrens book that later became the inspiration of a play he produced for Steppingstone Theater based on Somalian folklore.

Educator, poet, playwright and filmmaker Said Salah Ahmed fled Somalia during the Somalian Civil War and immigrated to the Twin Cities in the early 1990s. Since then he wrote The Lion’s Share, a children’s book that later became the inspiration for a play he wrote and produced for SteppingStone Theatre based on Somalian folklore. Minnesota Music in this Segment: Marc Anderson Shawn Persinger Zoo Animal Mary Ellen Childs

Air Date 2/12/12