List of Tanzanian writers

This is a list of Tanzanian writers.

  • Agoro Anduru (1948–1992), short story writer[Killam & Rowe]
  • Mark Behr (1963–2015), fiction writer also connected with South Africa
  • Fadhy Mtanga (1981– ) novelist, poet and photographer
  • Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948– ), novelist and critic[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
  • Ebrahim N. Hussein (1943– ), playwright, essayist, poet and translator[Gikandi] [Gikandi & Mwangi] [Killam & Rowe]
  • Prince Kagwema (1931– ), novelist[Killam & Rowe]
  • Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020), novelist, poet and scholar
  • Jacqueline Massawe, poet[1]
  • Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981), novelist
  • Elieshi Lema (1949– ), novelist, children's author and publisher[2]
  • Amandina Lihamba (1944– ), playwright[3]
  • Ismael R. Mbise, novelist and academic[Gikandi]
  • Penina Mlama (1948– ), playwright[4]
  • Sandra A. Mushi (1974– ), fiction writer, poet[5]
  • Elvis Musiba (died 2010), businessman and Swahili novelist[6]
  • Godfrey Mwakikagile (1949– ), writer and specialist in African studies
  • Christopher Mwashinga (1965– ), poet, Christian non-fiction writer, and essayist
  • Ras Nas, musician and poet
  • Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), politician and writer[Gikandi & Mwangi]
  • Nancy Sumari, children's book author and publisher [7]
  • Peter Palangyo (1939–1993), novelist[Gikandi] [Gikandi & Mwangi] [Killam & Rowe]
  • Hammie Rajab, Swahili novelist[8]
  • Shaaban Robert (1909–1962), Swahili novelist and poet[Gikandi]
  • Emily Ruete (1844–1924), Princess of Zanzibar
  • 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]
  • Erica Sugo Anyadike, writer of short stories
  • Richard Mabala, writer of short stories, Columnist and poet (1949– )[10]
  • Joseph Marwa, novelist, poet and actor (1999– )[11]
  • Nahida Esmail, writer of short stories and social activist[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jacqueline Kibacha, social justice poet and activist Archived 13 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine.The AfroNews, 15 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Elieshi Lema (Tanzania)". Centre for Creative Arts. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ^ 'Lihamba, Amandina', in Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945, pp. 94–5.
  4. ^ Lee Nichols, Conversations with African Writers: interviews with twenty-six African authors, 1981, pp. 139ff.
  5. ^ Profiled in Soma Magazine
  6. ^ Judica Tarimo, EA Community mourns Musiba, IPP Media, 4 November 2010.
  7. ^ MEET THE AUTHOR: Writing for a future generation
  8. ^ Mikhail D. Gromov, Swahili Popular Literature in Recent Years Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Swahili Forum 15 (2008):5–13
  9. ^ Xavier Garnier, Le roman swahili: la notion de littérature mineure à l'épreuve, 2006, p. 122.
  10. ^ cfeditoren (27 February 2022). "Mabala's 40 years in Tanzania and advice on Kiswahili". Tanzania. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  11. ^ Marwa, Quartzy-Joseph (2022). Irene: The Andromeda. Pencil. ISBN 9-789-356-10584-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  12. ^ "Award-winning Tanzanian Writer Nahida Esmail". Writers Space Africa. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
  2. [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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