Amir Abedi Explained

Amir Abedi
Birth Date:	1924
Death Date:	1964
Nationality:	Tanzanian
Known For:	First African mayor of Dar es Salaam

Sheikh K. A. Amir Abedi (1924–1964) was the first African mayor of Dar es Salaam.

He served as a Minister of Justice and as Minister of Education and Culture, as well as led the Tanganyikan delegation to the Eighteenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Death

Abedi was also a skilled and prominent poet of the Swahili language^[1] and also a strong promoter of the Swahili language.^[2] He died of food poisoning in 1964 at the age of 40.^[3]

See also

• List of mayors of Dar es Salaam
• Timeline of Dar es Salaam

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=DupsBQAAQBAJ&dq=Sheikh+Abedi+tanzania&pg=PA127 The Anglo-African Commonwealth: Political Friction and Cultural Fusion By Ali A. Mazrui p.127
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=zYulBgAAQBAJ&q=Abedi&pg=PA94 State Ideology and Language in Tanzania By Jan Blommaert p.56-57
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=y099BgAAQBAJ&q=Abedi&pg=PA239 Tanzania: Party Transformation and Economic Development By Henry Bienen p.164