Euphrase Kezilahabi

Tanzanian poet (1944–2020)

Euphrase Kezilahabi
Born	April 13, 1944 Ukerewe Island
Died	January 9, 2020 Dar es Salaam
Nationality	Tanzanian

Euphrase Kezilahabi (13 April 1944 – 9 January 2020)^[1] was a Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar.^[2] Born in Ukerewe, Tanganyika (now in Ukerewe District of Mwanza Region in Tanzania), he last worked at the University of Botswana, as an associate professor at the Department of African Languages (now African Cultural Department).^[3]

He wrote in Swahili, and delivered talks on subjects such as 'Aesthetic Ambivalence in Modern Swahili' and 'The Concept of the Hero in African Fiction'.

Works

Stray Truths: Selected Poems of Euphrase Kezilahabi (Translations by Annmarie Drury) - 2015^[4]
Mzingile - 1991
Nagona - 1990
Karibu Ndani - 1988
Rosa Mistika - 1988
Dunia Uwanja wa Fujo (2007)
Kichwamaji (1974)
Gamba la Nyoka (2006)
The Concept of the Hero in African Fiction - 1983
Translations by the Poetry Translation Centre.^[5]

Influenced

Vincent R. Ogoti

References

^ Vincent, Asibabi (10 January 2020). "Professor Kezilahabi, 'Mayai Waziri Wa Maradhi' writer, is dead". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ Bio
^ NALRC Archived 2010-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "MSU Press | Stray Truths". Michigan State University Press. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
^ "Euphrase Kezilahabi". www.poetrytranslation.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.