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Tanzanian Writers
This is a list of Tanzanian writers. * Agoro Anduru (1948–1992), short story writer * Mark Behr (1963–2015), fiction writer also connected with South Africa * Fadhy Mtanga (1981– ) novelist, poet and photographer * Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948– ), novelist and critic * Ebrahim N. Hussein (1943– ), playwright, essayist, poet and translator * Prince Kagwema (1931– ), novelist * Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020), novelist, poet and scholar * Jacqueline Massawe, poet * Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981), novelist * Elieshi Lema (1949– ), novelist, children's author and publisher * Amandina Lihamba (1944– ), playwright * Ismael R. Mbise, novelist and academic * Penina Mlama (1948– ), playwright * Sandra A. Mushi (1974– ), fiction writer, poet * Elvis Musiba (died 2010), businessman and Swahili novelist * Godfrey Mwakikagile (1949– ), writer and specialist in African studies * Christopher Mwashinga (1965– ), poet, Christian non-fiction writer, and essayist * Ras Nas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agoro Anduru
Zaina Agoro (born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 7), better known by the Mononymous person, mononym Zaina, is a Nigerian-American singer and songwriter. Early life Zaina Agoro was born to Nigerian parents in Chicago, Illinois, where she spent her early years. Career Agoro began a career in singing after securing a law degree. During this period, she returned to Nigeria to bring her experience home to her roots. Zaina has gained recognition in the United States among the Nigerian community for her pop and R&B music, receiving two nominations from the Nigeria Entertainment Awards, NEA Awards in 2008 and 2011. Zaina has worked with artists Eldee, Banky W, Styl-Plus, Lynxxx, Sauce Kid and Sasha. Zaina has also shared the same stage with D'banj and 2face Idibia. She performed at the 2011 NEA Awards in New York. Zaina was signed to Soul Muzik in July 2012 and has released two singles and one video. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agoro, Zaina Year of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ras Nas
Born in Morogoro (Tanzania), Ras Nas, aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi, is a musician and poet from Tanzania who blends African music and reggae with a dash of poetry. Ras Nas' latest album, ''Dar-es-Salaam'', contains roots reggae, soukous and dub poetry. It is released bKongoi Productions KonPro. Dar es Salaam has received a five star review in one of Norway's biggest dailies''Dagsavisen'' Recently, Ras Nas was featured on BBC World Service, ''The Beat'' program. The weekly program, reaching millions of listeners worldwide, is presented by Mark Coles. Other artists on the program were Wyclef Jean and Zoe Rahman. Among Ras Nas merits is sharing stage with Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and Lou Reed at the Norwegian Wood Festival. Ras Nas has also warmed up for a number of reggae heavyweights like Luciano, I Jah Man, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Junior Delgado.Ras Nas' latest CD ''Dar-es-Salaam''contains a mix of reggae and African music, soukous. In this CD Ras Nas has worked with a number of musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Marwa (actor)
Joseph Marwa also recognized by his pen name Josephs Quartzy is a Tanzanian television actor, novelist and a former lead vocalist for the music duo ''The Eastern Bandits''. He is best known for playing ''Nhwale'' in the romance fiction film ''Mr. Local Man'' featuring Bonnie Dennison and for playing ''Josephs'' in the drama series ''JQ Knew That''. Joseph has appeared in supporting roles in ''Lucifer'e and The Great Controversy'', ''Homeboy Never Fails'' and a Jewish documentary '' africa (2019 film)''. He is the author of ''A Tale of an Intelligent Psychopath'' and ''Irene the Andromeda''. Publications Novela and philosophy Poetry Filmography Movies TV shows References Notes References External links Movie databasesJoseph Marwaat IMDbJoseph MarwaaAfroDB at |
Richard Mabala
Richard Frank Satterthwaite (born 11 December 1949), popularly known as Richard Mabala, is a British-born Tanzanian author, social activist, columnist and academic, predominantly recognized for his tale books ''Hawa The Bus Driver'', ''Mabala The Farmer'' and ''Run Free'' which won him a CODE's Burt Award for African Literature. Biography Mabala was born in the United Kingdom. He moved to Tanzania in 1973 as a volunteer with the Voluntary Service Overseas. He was one of the first five British volunteers to be allowed into the country after Tanzania broke off diplomatic relations with Britain over the independence of Zimbabwe and became a Tanzanian citizen in 1982 after giving up his passport to become an official Tanzanian. He also served as a professor at the university of Dar es Salaam. Mabala is currently (as at April 2024) Tanzania Chairperson of the Asante Africa Foundation a non-profit organisation that works with youth in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Literary works B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Sugo Anyadike
Erica Sugo Anyadike is a Tanzanian writer based in Kenya and was shortlisted for the 2020 Caine Prize. Her 2019 short story "How to Marry an African President" was also shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 to 5,000 words). The prize is open to citizens of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations aged 18 and over. The Commonwealth Short ... and for the Queen Mary Wasafiri Writing Prize. She began her career as a television writer References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Tanzanian women writers 21st-century Tanzanian women 21st-century Tanzanian people Women short story writers {{Tanzania-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafi Adam Shafi
The Shafii ( ar, شَافِعِي, translit=Shāfiʿī, also spelled Shafei) school, also known as Madhhab al-Shāfiʿī, is one of the four major traditional schools of religious law (madhhab) in the Sunnī branch of Islam. It was founded by Arab theologian Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī, "the father of Muslim jurisprudence", in the early 9th century. The other three schools of Sunnī jurisprudence are Ḥanafī, Mālikī and Ḥanbalī. Like the other schools of fiqh, Shafii recognize the First Four Caliphs as the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s rightful successors and relies on the Qurʾān and the "sound" books of Ḥadīths as primary sources of law. The Shafi'i school affirms the authority of both divine law-giving ( the Qurʾān and the Sunnah) and human speculation regarding the Law. Where passages of Qurʾān and/or the Ḥadīths are ambiguous, the school seeks guidance of Qiyās (analogical reasoning). The Ijmā' (consensus of scholars or of the community) wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bin Shaaban
Shaaban bin Robert, also known as Shaaban Robert (1 January 1909 – 20 June 1962), was a Tanzanian poet, author, and essayist who supported the preservation of Tanzanian verse traditions. Robert is celebrated as one of the greatest Tanzanian Swahili thinkers, intellectuals and writers in East Africa and has been called "poet laureate of Swahili" and is also known as the "Father of Swahili." He is also honoured as the national poet. Biography Shaaban was born in the sleepy village of Vibamba, Tangasisi ward of Tanga District, located south of Tanga City in Tanga Region, Tanzania (then German East Africa). The surname Robert is a name of a British colonial officer who requested his parent to name him after him. Thus in real sense, Robert was his second name (not his surname or last name), his first name being Shaaban. Shaaban himself for a time wrote it 'Roberts' rather than 'Robert'. From 1922 to 1926 he was educated in Dar es Salaam, coming in second in a class of 11 to rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Semzaba
Edwin Semzaba was a Tanzanian novelist, playwright, actor and director. He wrote his works mainly in Swahili. He taught in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Dar es Salaam The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is a public university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1 ..., Tanzania, where he taught, among other courses, creative writing and acting. He won the first award of East African Writers awarded by the Institute of Swahili Research (''Taasisi ya Unchunguzi wa Kiswahili'', TUKI) for his novel ''Funke Bugebuge'' and the "grandchildren's adventure book writing competition" awarded by the Swedish Embassy in Tanzania (2007). Semzaba died January 17, 2016. Novels * ''Marimba ya Majaliwa'', E & D Vision Publishing, 2008 * ''Funke Bugebuge'', Dar es Salaam University Press, 1999. * ''Tausi wa Alfaj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Ruhumbika
Gabriel Ruhumbika (born 1938) is a Tanzanian novelist, short story writer, translator and academic. His first novel, ''Village in Uhuru'', was published in 1969. He has written several subsequent novels in Swahili. He has also taught literature at a number of universities, and is currently a professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia in the USA. Early life Ruhumbika was born in 1938 on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria. After studying for an undergraduate degree at the Makerere University in Uganda, he completed a PhD in African literature at the University of Paris-Sorbonne in France. Career Ruhumbika's first novel, ''Village in Uhuru'', was published in 1969; this was the second English-language Tanzanian novel, after Peter Palangyo's Dying in the Sun (1968). This is a historical novel, based on real events relating to questions of ethnic and national identity in the context of the Tanganyika African National Union's struggles for sovereignty in Tanganyika (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Ruete
Emily Ruete (30 August 1844 – 29 February 1924), born in Zanzibar as Sayyida Salama bint Said (), also called Salme, was a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. She was the youngest of the 36 children of Said bin Sultan, Sultan of the Omani Empire. She is the author of ''Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar''. Early life in Zanzibar Salama bint Said was born on 30 August 1844, the daughter of Sultan Said and Jilfidan, a Circassian slave, turned concubine (some accounts also note her as Georgian). Her first years were spent in the huge Bet il Mtoni palace, by the sea about eight kilometres north of Stone Town. (The palace was mostly demolished in 1914.) She grew up bilingual in Arabic and Swahili. In 1851 she moved to Bet il Watoro, the house of her brother Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, the later sultan. Her brother taught her to ride and to shoot. In 1853 she moved with her mother to Bet il Tani. She secretly taught herself to write, a skill which was unusual for women in her cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaaban Robert
Shaaban bin Robert, also known as Shaaban Robert (1 January 1909 – 20 June 1962), was a Tanzanian poet, author, and essayist who supported the preservation of Tanzanian verse traditions. Robert is celebrated as one of the greatest Tanzanian Swahili thinkers, intellectuals and writers in East Africa and has been called "poet laureate of Swahili" and is also known as the "Father of Swahili." He is also honoured as the national poet. Biography Shaaban was born in the sleepy village of Vibamba, Tangasisi ward of Tanga District, located south of Tanga City in Tanga Region, Tanzania (then German East Africa). The surname Robert is a name of a British colonial officer who requested his parent to name him after him. Thus in real sense, Robert was his second name (not his surname or last name), his first name being Shaaban. Shaaban himself for a time wrote it 'Roberts' rather than 'Robert'. From 1922 to 1926 he was educated in Dar es Salaam, coming in second in a class of 11 to rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammie Rajab
This is a list of characters for the 41st ''Super Sentai'' series, ''Uchu Sentai Kyuranger''. Much of the series takes inspiration from Greco-Roman mythology while the antagonist faction, Jark Matter, take cues from the shogunates of Japan's Edo period, the tyrants of Ancient Greece, and paranormal terminologies. Main characters Kyurangers The are a team of warriors composed of humanoids, androids, and animalistic aliens from different star systems who serve as members of the , an insurrection army fighting to liberate the universe from the evil Jark Matter syndicate, using the powers of magical stones called Kyutamas. They operate out of and travel through space in a spaceship called the "Offensive Resistance Interstellar Orbiter of RebellioN", or for short, named after one of the Rebellion's founders. After the ''Orion'' is destroyed however, they obtain a second, stronger ship called the ''Battle Orion Ship''. Each Kyuranger carries a gauntlet-like sidearm, which can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
