He then left for Mogadishu and attended the Somali National University, where he studied mathematics for four and half years.

He has a particular interest in civil liberties and he is the author (or co-author) of six books, two of them on Somali traditional games.

At Pisa University, Jama began researching traditional Somali games as well as the history of mathematics in the Horn of Africa, a topic which he has written about in several journals.

[1] His interests include Education in Somaliland,[2] and as an activist, Jama is deeply involved in the affairs of the Somali diaspora during festivals[3] and conferences which he chairs or is present as a key contributor.

[6][7] In 2019 Dr. Jama Musse joined as Research Associate the Centre of African Studies at SOAS, University of London[8] and in 2020 as a senior research associate The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London, United Kingdom.