Mohammed Naseehu Ali is an author

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, originally from Ghana

Ghana

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. He is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Bennington College

Bennington College

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. His first book, a collection of short stories titled The Prophet of Zongo Street, was published in 2006 and received positive reviews. He has published short stories

Short story

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 and non fiction essay

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s in several publications, including The New Yorker

The New Yorker

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, the New York Times, Mississippi Review, BOMB, Gathering of the Tribes, and Essence

Essence (magazine)

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. Ali now lives in Brooklyn, New York.