List of African Writers By Country - Tanzania

Tanzania

• Agoro Anduru (1948–1992), short story writer.
• Mark Behr (1963– ), fiction writer also connected with South Africa.
• Chachage Seithy Chachage ( –2006), sociologist and Swahili novelist.
• Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948– ), novelist and critic.
• Ebrahim N. Hussein (1943– ), playwright, essayist, poet and translator.
• Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944– ), novelist, poet and scholar.
• Jacqueline Kibacha, poet.
• Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981), novelist.
• Amandina Lihamba (1944– ), playwright.
• Ismael R. Mbise, novelist and academic.
• Penina Mlama, playwright.
• Sandra A. Mushi, poet.
• Elvis Musiba ( –2010), businessman and Swahili novelist.
• Godfrey Mwakikagile, writer and specialist in African studies.
• Ras Nas, musician and poet.
• Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), politician and writer.
• Peter Palangyo (1939–1993), novelist.
• Prince Kagwema (1931– ), novelist.
• Hammie Rajab, Swahili novelist.
• Shaaban Robert (1909–1962), Swahili novelist and poet.
• 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.
• Neema Komba, Poet.