List of Tanzanian writers explained

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^[1]
• Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981), novelist
• Elieshi Lema (1949–), novelist, children's author and publisher^[2]
• Amandina Lihamba (1944–), playwright^[3]
• Ismael R. Mbise, novelist and academic
• Penina Mlama (1948–), playwright^[4]
• Sandra A. Mushi (1974–), fiction writer, poet^[5]
• Elvis Musiba (died 2010), businessman and Swahili novelist^[6]
• Godfrey Mwakikagile (1949–), writer and specialist in African studies
• Christopher Mwashinga (1965–), poet, Christian non-fiction writer, and essayist
• Ras Nas, musician and poet
• Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), politician and writer
• Nancy Sumari, children's book author and publisher ^[7]
• Peter Palangyo (1939–1993), novelist
• Hammie Rajab, Swahili novelist^[8]
• Shaaban Robert (1909–1962), Swahili novelist and poet
• Emily Ruete (1844–1924), Princess of Zanzibar
• Gabriel Ruhumbika (1938–), novelist and short story writer
• Edwin Semzaba, novelist, playwright, actor and director
• Robert Bin Shaaban (1902–1962), poet, author and essayist
• Shafi Adam Shafi, Swahili novelist^[9]
• Erica Sugo Anyadike, writer of short stories
• Richard Mabala, writer of short stories, Columnist and poet (1949–)^[10]
• Joseph Marwa, novelist, poet and actor (1999–)^[11]
• Nahida Esmail, writer of short stories and social activist^[12]

See also

• Tanzanian literature
• List of African writers by country
• List of Tanzanians

Notes and References

1. http://www.theafronews.eu/cover_stories-jacqueline_kibacha_social_justice_poet_and_activist_1585.html Jacqueline Kibacha, social justice poet and activist
2. Web site: Elieshi Lema (Tanzania) . Centre for Creative Arts . 2015-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170624071348/http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/tow-past-participants/46-tow-2013/207-elieshi-lema-tanzania . 24 June 2017 . dead .
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. http://www.edvisionpublishing.co.tz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=1 Profiled
6. Judica Tarimo, EA Community mourns Musiba, IPP Media, 4 November 2010.
7. https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/magazine/success/MEET-THE-AUTHOR--Writing-for-a-future-generation/1843788-2431250-yvti4p/index.html MEET THE AUTHOR: Writing for a future generation
8. Mikhail D. Gromov, Swahili Popular Literature in Recent Years, Swahili Forum 15 (2008):5–13
9. Xavier Garnier, Le roman swahili: la notion de littérature mineure à l'épreuve, 2006, p. 122.
10. Web site: cfeditoren . 2022-02-27 . Mabala's 40 years in Tanzania and advice on Kiswahili . 2023-01-05 . Tanzania . en-US.
11. Book: Marwa, Quartzy-Joseph . Irene: The Andromeda . 2022 . Pencil . 9-789-356-10584-3 . en . Dorothy Alling Memorial Library.
12. Web site: Award-winning Tanzanian Writer Nahida Esmail . 2023-01-05 . Writers Space Africa . en-GB.