U.S. Navy searching suspected Somali pirate ship. (Photo released by BlantantWorld under a Creative Commons license.)
University of Minnesota Professor of Geography Dr. Abdi Samatar will present a lecture titled “The Politics of Piracy in Somalia” at 7 p.m. Monday, October 7 in Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall, Gustavus Adolphus College. Dr. Samatar’s research focuses on the relationship between democracy and development in the Third World and Africa in particular. The lecture is sponsored by the Gustavus African Studies Program. The event is free and open to the public.