List of Tanzanian writers
This is a list of Tanzanian writers.
- Christopher Mwashinga (1965-), Poet, Christian non-fiction writer, and essayist.
- Agoro Anduru (1948–1992), short story writer.[Killam & Rowe]
- Mark Behr (1963– ), fiction writer also connected with South Africa.
- Chachage Seithy Chachage ( 1955–2006), sociologist and Swahili novelist.[1]
- Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948– ), novelist and critic.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Ebrahim N. Hussein (1943– ), playwright, essayist, poet and translator.[Gikandi] [Gikandi & Mwangi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944– ), novelist, poet and scholar.
- Freddy Macha (1955– ), writer and musician[2]
- Jacqueline Kibacha, poet.[3]
- Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981), novelist.
- Amandina Lihamba (1944– ), playwright.[4]
- Ismael R. Mbise, novelist and academic.[Gikandi]
- Penina Mlama, playwright.[5]
- Ben R. Mtobwa (English and Swahili novelist)
- Sandra A. Mushi, poet.[6]
- Elvis Musiba ( –2010), businessman and Swahili novelist.[7]
- Godfrey Mwakikagile (1949–), writer and specialist in African studies.
- Ras Nas, musician and poet.
- Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), politician and writer.[Gikandi & Mwangi]
- Peter Palangyo (1939–1993), novelist.[Gikandi] [Gikandi & Mwangi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Prince Kagwema (1931– ), novelist.[Killam & Rowe]
- Hammie Rajab, Swahili novelist.[8]
- Shaaban Robert (1909–1962), Swahili novelist and poet.[Gikandi]
- Gabriel Ruhumbika (1938– ), novelist and short story writer.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Edwin Semzaba, novelist, playwright, actor and director.
- Robert Bin Shaaban (1902–1962), poet, author and essayist.
- Shafi Adam Shafi, Swahili novelist.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Chachage Seithy L. Chachage (2006-07-09). "Michigan State University Press: Chachage Seithy L. Chachage". Msupress.msu.edu. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- ↑ http://www.jamiiforums.com/habari-na-hoja-mchanganyiko/144823-waandishi-bora-25-wa-tanzania-ni-hawa-wafuatao.html
- ↑ Jacqueline Kibacha, social justice poet and activist.The AfroNews, 15 December 2009.
- ↑ 'Lihamba, Amandina', in Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945, pp. 94–5.
- ↑ Lee Nichols, Conversations with African Writers: interviews with twenty-six African authors, 1981, pp. 139ff.
- ↑ Profiled in Soma Magazine.
- ↑ Judica Tarimo, EA Community mourns Musiba, IPP Media, 4 November 2010.
- ↑ Mikhail D. Gromov, Swahili Popular Literature in Recent Years, Swahili Forum 15 (2008):5–13
- ↑ Xavier Garnier, Le roman swahili: la notion de littérature mineure à l'épreuve, 2006, p. 122.
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- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
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