List of Tanzanian writers
This is a list of Tanzanian writers.
- Agoro Anduru (1948–1992), short story writer[Killam & Rowe]
- Mark Behr (1963– ), 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– ), novelist, poet and scholar
- Jacqueline Kibacha, 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, playwright[4]
- Sandra A. Mushi, fiction writer, poet[5]
- Elvis Musiba ( –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]
- Peter Palangyo (1939–1993), novelist[Gikandi] [Gikandi & Mwangi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Hammie Rajab, Swahili novelist[7]
- Shaaban Robert (1909–1962), Swahili novelist and poet[Gikandi]
- Emily Ruete, 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[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Jacqueline Kibacha, social justice poet and activist Archived 13 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine..The AfroNews, 15 December 2009.
- ↑ "Elieshi Lema (Tanzania)". Centre for Creative Arts. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ↑ '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 Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine., Swahili Forum 15 (2008):5–13
- ↑ Xavier Garnier, Le roman swahili: la notion de littérature mineure à l'épreuve, 2006, p. 122.
- [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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