Richard Mabala Explained

Richard Mabala
Birth Date:	11 December 1949
Birth Place:	London, United Kingdom
Education:	B.A (Hons) French and History(1971), M.A Oxford University (1983) Post Graduate Diploma in Education (1972) University of Nottingham, UK
Notableworks:	Hawa The Bus Driver^[1] Mabala The Farmer
Awards:	CODE's Burt Award for African Literature^[2]
Language:	English Swahili French
Occupation:	Author social activist professor Columnist

Richard Frank Satterthwaite (born 11 December 1949), popularly known as Richard Mabala,^[3] is a British-born Tanzanian author, social activist,^[4] columnist^[5] and academic,^{[6] [7]} predominantly recognized for his tale books Hawa The Bus Driver,^[8] Mabala The Farmer^[9] and Run Free which won him a CODE's Burt Award for African Literature.^[10]

Biography

Mabala^[11] 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^[12] in 1982 after giving up his passport^[13] to become an official Tanzanian. He also served as a professor^[14] at the university of Dar es Salaam.^{[15] [16]}

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.^[17]

Literary works

Books

Year	Name	Publisher	ISBN
1989	Mabala The Farmer	Longman, Harlow
1988	Hawa The Bus Driver	Longman, Harlow
1991	Doto ni Yupi?	East African Publications
2013	Run Free	E & D Vision Publishing Limited
1996	Kwangu ni Wapi?	TNGP
1991	Sinza Gang	East African Publications
1995	The Market Children	Longman, Harlow
2010	Kurwa na Doto	Muture
2001	The Empty Compound	Maskew Miller Longman
2003	Daughter of a Lioness	Maskew Miller Longman
2004	Who is The Thief?	Maskew Miller Longman
1999	Choices	Maskew Miller Longman
2002	The Special gift with Nick Warren	Maskew Miller Longman
1999	A Media Guide for NGOs with Samwel Maffisi	AEASUN
2004	Mimba, Mdomo wa Mamba
1999	Adhabu ni Adabu?
1980	summons: poems from Tanzania^[18]	Tanzania Publishing House
1988	Anthology of East African Poetry by E.D Amateshe (5 poems)	Longman
2003	Si mimi mama	Mture Educational Publishers
1992	Hamu ya matamu	Eastern Africa Publications Limited

Other literary works

• 2008: Youth and The Hood^[19] (Environment and Urbanization)
• 2012/2013: Sisi ni sisimizi, Musa si Mzigo and Soma Kabula Soma
• 2007: Makengeza (in Mwananchi) and Binti Hidaya (in Raia Mwema)

Further notes

• Web site: Richard Mabala - Academia.edu . 2022-12-27 . independent.academia.edu.
• Web site: Richard Mabala . 2022-12-27 . African Writers Conference . en-US.
• Web site: Richard Mabala . 2022-12-28 . International Institute for Environment and Development . en.
• Web site: Richard Mabala . 2022-12-28 . Vijana FM . en-US.

External links

• Richard Mabala on Twitter

Notes and References

1. Web site: admin . 2021-01-14 . HAWA THE BUS DRIVER BY RICHARD S. MABARA . 2022-12-27 . en-US.
2. Web site: 2017-08-31 . Richard Mabala . 2022-12-27 . CODE's Burt Literary Awards . en.
3. Web site: 2021-04-02 . For Mabala, writing is more than a hobby . 2022-12-27 . The Citizen . en.
4. Web site: Richard Mabala amkosoa Rais Magufuli [Archive] - MwanaHALISI Forum ]. 2022-12-28 . mwanahalisiforum.com.
5. Web site: Richard Mabala . 2022-12-27 . Africa Portal.
6. Web site: 2021-10-04 . Masomo na mitihani itolewe kwa Kiswahili- Mabala East Africa Television . 2022-12-28 . www.eatv.tv . en.
7. Web site: 2021-12-07 . Mabala: Sheria ikifuatwa shule nyingi zitafungwa . 2022-12-27 . Mwananchi . en.
8. Web site: eajess . Reaction against Subordination of Women Observed from the Struggle of Hawa in Mabala's Hawa the Bus Driver – EAJESS – ISSN 2714-2132 . 2022-12-27 . en-US.
9. Web site: 2021-04-02 . CAREER PROFILE :Meet Mabala the ticklish tale writer . 2022-12-27 . The Citizen . en.
10. Web site: 2015-03-28 . Run Free . 2022-12-27 . CODE's Burt Literary Awards . en.
11. Web site: TZA . Rama Mwelondo . Richard Mabala kataja njia muhimu za kupunguza mimba za utotoni na ubakaji . 2022-12-28 . Millard Ayo . en-US.
12. Web site: 2021-07-23 . MWANDISHI MABALA: KITABU KIPYA KITAKUWA NA MAMBO HAYA - Watetezi Media . 2022-12-28 . en-US.
13. Web site: 2022-02-28 . Kisa Mabala kuukana uraia wa Uingereza . 2022-12-27 . Mwananchi . en.
14. Web site: Mabala . Richard . 2020-12-24 . Richard Mabala: Je, Kupata Nafasi ya Shule Ni Kupata Nafasi ya Elimu? - The Chanzo Initiative . 2022-12-28 . en-GB.
15. Web site: cfeditoren . 2022-02-27 . Mabala's 40 years in Tanzania and advice on Kiswahili . 2022-12-27 . Tanzania . en-US.
16. Web site: Ningekuwa na uwezo ningewapeleka Watanzania Ulaya – Mwl Richard Mabala – Bongo5.com . 2022-12-28 . bongo5.com.
17. Web site: Staff - Asante Africa Foundation. 3 April 2024.
18. 2019 . Representation of authors' worldview in selected poems of Mabala, Summons: poems from Tanzania (A genetic structuralism analysis) . en . 4 . 2 . 10.30659/e.4.2.171-182 . 2528-4479. Mihayo . Astelia . Manuaba . Ida Bagus Putera . Edulite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture . 171 . 204374565 . free .
19. Mabala . Richard . April 2011 . Youth and "the hood" - livelihoods and neighbourhoods . Environment and Urbanization . en . 23 . 1 . 157–181 . 10.1177/0956247810396986 . 154803415 . 0956-2478. free .