Jama Musse Jama is a Somali ethnomathematician who studied Layli Goobalay (a mancala game) and Shax (a Morris variant). He was born in Hargeise, Somaliland, in 1967. Jama became a refugee and now works at Pisa University, Italy. He also is a human rights activist. His book Gobannimo bilaash maaha ("Liberty isn't for free", 2007) has been called the best book of the year in Somali language by the Somali Women's Agenda.