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 Nahida Esmail, writer of short stories and social activist Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 1948), novelist and critic Ebrahim N. Hussein (born 1943), playwright, essayist, poet and translator Prince Kagwema (born 1931), novelist Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020), novelist, poet and scholar Jacqueline Kibacha, social justice poet and activist.The AfroNews, 15 December 2009. Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981), novelist Elieshi Lema (born 1949), novelist, children's author and publisher Amandina Lihamba (born 1944), playwright'Lihamba, Amandina', in Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945, pp. 94–5. Richard Mabala, writer of short stories, Columnist and poet (1949– ) Joseph Marwa, novelist, poet and actor (1999– ) Jacqueline Massawe, poet Ismael R. Mbise, novelist and academic Penina Mlama (born 1948), playwrightLee Nichols, Conversations with African Writers: interviews with twenty-six African authors, 1981, pp. 139ff. Fadhy Mtanga (born 1981) novelist, poet and photographer Sandra A. Mushi (born 1974), fiction writer, poetProfiled in Soma Magazine Elvis Musiba (died 2010), businessman and Swahili novelistJudica Tarimo, EA Community mourns Musiba, IPP Media, 4 November 2010. Godfrey Mwakikagile (born 1949), writer and specialist in African studies Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965), poet, Christian non-fiction writer, and essayist Ras Nas, musician and poet Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), politician and writer Peter Palangyo (1939–1993), novelist Hammie Rajab, Swahili novelistMikhail D. Gromov, Swahili Popular Literature in Recent Years , Swahili Forum 15 (2008):5–13 Shaaban Robert (1909–1962), Swahili novelist and poet Emily Ruete (1844–1924), Princess of Zanzibar Gabriel Ruhumbika (born 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 novelistXavier Garnier, Le roman swahili: la notion de littérature mineure à l'épreuve, 2006, p. 122. Eric Shigongo (born 1969), novelist, media entrepreneur, and politician Erica Sugo Anyadike, writer of short stories Nancy Sumari, children's book author and publisher MEET THE AUTHOR: Writing for a future generation Hussein Issa Tuwa, Swahili novelist and award-winning author
See also Tanzanian literature List of African writers by country List of Tanzanians
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