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Mohammed Naseehu Ali | |
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 Ali at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival. | |
| Born | 1971 |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Genre | Short story writer, non-fiction |
Mohammed Naseehu Ali (born 1971) [1] is a Ghanaian-born writer based in New York City. [1]
Born in Kumasi, Ghana, Ali went to the United States in 1988 to study. [1] He is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Bennington College.
His first book, a collection of short stories titled The Prophet of Zongo Street , was published in 2006 and received positive reviews. [2] Ali has acknowledged being influenced in the writing of this book by V. S. Naipaul's Miguel Street . [1] He has published short stories and non-fiction essays in several publications, including The New Yorker , [3] the New York Times , Mississippi Review , BOMB , Gathering of the Tribes , and Essence . Ali now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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