Anne-Rose Waruguru Matindi (born 1942
) is a Kenyan nurse and children's writer, known for her plays aimed at elementary school children.
[Jones, Wilma L.]
"Twenty Contemporary African Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliography"
1995. Accessed 11 February 2020.
Life
Anne Matindi was born in
Murang'a District
Murang'a County is one of the counties of Kenya's former Central Province (Kenya), Central Province. Its largest town and capital is Murang'a, formerly referred to as Fort Hall during the colonial era. It is inhabited mainly by and is consider ...
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Works
* ''The sun and the wind''. Nairobi : East African Publishing House, 1967. Illustrations by Adrienne Moore. East African junior library, no. 7.
* ''The lonely black pig, and other stories''. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1968. East African junior library, no. 5.
* ''Jua na Upepo; na hadithi nyingine''. Nairobi: East African Pub. House, 1968. Hadithi za kikwetu, 3. (Short story in Swahili.)
* (with Cynthia Hunter) ''The sun-men and other plays''. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1971. Illustrations by Beryl Moore. Plays for primary schools, 1.
* ''The Kasiwes and their animals, and other stories''. Nairobi : Phoenix, 1996. Illustrations by Emmanuel Kariuki. Phoenix young readers library.
References
1942 births
20th-century Kenyan women writers
20th-century Kenyan writers
Kenyan children's writers
Kenyan nurses
Kenyan women children's writers
People from Murang'a County
Living people
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