Euphrase Kezilahabi
Euphrase Kezilahabi (born April 13, 1944 in the village of Namagondo on the island of Ukerewe in Lake Victoria in what is now Tanzania ; † January 9, 2020 ) was a Tanzanian novelist, poet and scholar who wrote in Swahili .
Life
Kezilahabi graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1970 with a BA and then worked as a teacher at various schools in Tanzania. He returned to his university and taught in the Department of Swahili. The work to obtain the MA was entitled: Shaaban Robert: Mwandishi wa Riwaya . He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Madison , Wisconsin . His further career took him to the University of Botswana , where he held the Chair of African Languages in 2003.
Kezilahabi was one of the first authors to write in Swahili to break with the historically linked traditions of expression and presentation of Swahili literature, particularly in poetry.
The recurring themes in Kezilahabi's writings are modern development and urbanization and the Tanzanian experiment with an African socialism , the Ujamaa .
Works (selection)
- 1974: Kichwamaji (Waterhead), East African Publishing House, Dar es Salaam
- retold in German by Lourenco Noronha, University of Vienna, 2009
- 1974: Poems - Kichomi (Stabbing Pain)
- 1975: Dunia uwanja wa fujo (The World is a Chaotic Place)
- 1979: Gamba ta Nyoka (The Snake's Skin)
- 1983: The Concept of the Hero in African Fiction
- 1971 and 1988: Rosa Mistika
- 1988: Karibu Ndani
- 1990: Nagona
- 1990: Mzingile
literature
- Lutz Diegner : The evaluation of social criticism in the Swahili-language novels by Euphrase Kezilahabi and Said Ahmed Mohamed . Dissertation University of Cologne , 2006.
- SAK Mlacha: Linguistic Study of the Novel. Schreiber Publ., Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-9802071-2-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prof Kezilahabi: 'Rebel' who pushed boundaries of Kiswahili literature. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Clean cups. East African authors in the Hessian Literature Forum. In: FAZ . February 26, 2011, p. 51.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kezilahabi, Euphrase |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tanzanian novelist, poet and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Namagondo , Ukerewe , Tanganyika , today: Tanzania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 2020 |