Muhammad Said Abdulla (1918- 1991)
His Life Born in 1918 in Makunduchi, Eastern Zanzibar, Muhammad Said Abdulla is a writer often credited as the pioneer of Swahili popular literature. He was more successful in blending Eastern African lore with Western influences which he came into contact with while receiving his eduaction in a missionary school. He completed his secondary education […]
Prof Rocha Chimera
His Life The author is a Professor of Kiswahili who for a long time taught at Egerton University Njoro, before relocating to Rwanda. He was a visiting professor at Kyabongo university, Uganda and current Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Pwani University, Kilifi Kenya. Chimera holds a B.Ed. and M.A. from Kenyatta University, […]
Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu: The Making of the Kenya National Anthem
The Kenyan National Anthem, as any national anthem should, stands as a symbol of unity, patriotism, and the pressing urgency denoting the time of its composition that needed to gather the people of Kenya into a sort of decorum that was vital for this young nation straight out of a long and ardous road to […]
Said Ahmed Mohamed (1947-)
Said Ahmed Mohamed (1947-Present) is a Zanzibar-born poet, playwright and novelist with 67 titles to his name. He joined Dar es salaam university for his B.A in Kiswahili and English literature where for his excellent performance went on to Karl Marx university, now Leipzig university, in Germany for further studies in 1985. He later became […]
Shaaban Robert (1909-1962)
Shaaban Robert (1909-1962), born on the 1st January in Vibambani village, next to Machui 10KM South of Tanga was the greatest of the Swahili didactic-moralistic writers of the colonial period. He went to Msimbazi School in Daressalaam between (1922—1926) where he was one of the first Tanganyikans to pass the examination for a School Leaving […]