List of Tanzanian writers

This is a list of Tanzanian writers.

  • Agoro Anduru (1948–1992), short story writer[Killam & Rowe]
  • John Wisse (1978-), Novelist, poet and translator-Winner of the Street Romance Prize-2009}}
  • 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]
  • K.K. Kahigi, poet (several collections), editor, and scholar
  • Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020), novelist, poet and scholar
  • Ben Owden Non fiction writer and trainer
  • Jacqueline Massawe, poet[1]
  • Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981), novelist
  • Elieshi Lema (1949– ), novelist, children's author and publisher[2]
  • Amandina Lihamba (1944– ), playwright[3]
  • Emmanuel Mashele, Swahili play and novel
  • Ismael R. Mbise, novelist and academic[Gikandi]
  • Penina Mlama (1948– ), playwright[4]
  • Mugyabuso Mulokozi novelist, poet, playwright, and scholar
  • Sandra A. Mushi, fiction writer, poet[5]
  • Elvis Musiba ( –2010), businessman and Swahili novelist[6]
  • Aldin Mutembei, Swahili poems
  • Godfrey Mwakikagile (1949– ), writer and specialist in African studies
  • Christopher Mwashinga (1965–), poet, Christian non-fiction writer, and essayist
  • Christopher Zacharia Lameck (1975–), English teacher, Painter, Fiction and non-fiction writer
  • Ras Nas, musician and poet
  • Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), politician and writer[Gikandi & Mwangi]
  • Shani Omary, Swahili play and editor
  • Nancy Sumari (2013-2020), 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]
  • Erick shigongo, Swahili novelist


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.
  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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