briefly worked with Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) movement. He also contributed articles on African issues to UNIA's the Negro World. He taught in a department of African affairs. Travels and settlement in Nigeria Ali first travelled to Nigeria in July 1921. The Lagos community welcomed him at the Shitta-Bey Mosque, Martin Street, Lagos Island. He returned to Lagos in 1931, primarily to watch over his interests in the Cocoa business. He settled in Lagos, where he was appointed Editor of the Nigerian Daily Times. On October 3rd 1932, Ali produced the play A Daughter of Pharaoh in the Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos. According to the Nigerian Daily Times, it "set a new standard in Lagos entertainment, introducing real stagecraft." Before long Ali became editor of the Nigerian Daily Telegraph, having as his immediate assistant Ayo Lijadu (subsequently editor of the Nigerian Daily Times. Expanding his publishing interests, on 27 July 1933 Ali began publication of The Comet, a weekly newspaper. He took great interest in the educational and general welfare of the Muslim community in Lagos. Following a protracted illness, Mohamed Ali died at the age of 78 in the African Hospital, Lagos, on 25 June 1945. His funeral took place on 27 June 1945. Attendees numbered well over 5,000, including political, social and religious leaders. A short khutba (sermon) in English was delivered by L. B. Agusto, President of the Islamic Society of Nigeria. A short oration in Arabic was also delivered by D. Couri, a friend. A large funeral procession went through the streets to Okesuna Muslim Cemetery, where Ali was buried. Plays The Jew's Revenge (1903) A Daughter of Judah (1906) A Cleopatra Night (1907) Lily of Bermuda (1909), musical comedy Journals and newspapers Founded African Times and Orient Review (1912) in London; superseded by African and Orient Review (1919) Founded The Comet newspaper, Lagos, Nigeria References Further reading Ali, Duse Mohamed, "Leaves from an Active Life," The Comet, 1937–1938; The African Times and Orient Review (1912–1918) Ian Duffield, "Duse Mohamed Ali, Afro-Asian Solidarity and Pan-Africanism in Early Twentieth-Century London", in S. Jagdish and Ian Gundara Duffield, eds, Essays on the History of Blacks in Britain: From Roman Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century (Aldershot: Avebury, 1992). Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, My Diaries Ian Duffield, "Duse Mohamed Ali and the Development of Pan-Africanism 1866–1945", unpublished PhD Dissertation, Edinburg University, 1971, complete text online. Robert A. Hill, ed.,