Euphrase Kezilahabi
Euphrase Kezilahabi (13 April 1944 – 9 January 2020) was a Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar. Euphrase Kezilahabi was 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). 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'.
Euphrase Kezilahabi
- Born
- 1944 · Ukerewe Island.
- Died
- 2020 · Dar es Salaam.
- Nationality
- Tanzania
- Occupation
- poet · novelist · university teacher · writer
- Fields
- African literature · Swahili
- Education
- University of Dar es Salaam · University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Known for
- Rosa Mistika
- Languages
- Swahili
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Euphrase Kezilahabi studied at University of Dar es Salaam and University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The recorded working language is Swahili. The field of work recorded is African literature and Swahili. Employment is recorded with University of Botswana. Works named in the authority record are Rosa Mistika.
Rosa Mistika (English translation) - 2025 (Translated by Jay Boss Rubin, foreword by Annmarie Drury) Stray Truths: Selected Poems of Euphrase Kezilahabi (Edited and translated by Annmarie Drury) - 2015 Miscellaneous poems published by the Poetry Translation Centre (Translated by Katriina Ranne) Dhifa (poetry collection) - 2008 Mzingile (novel) - 1991 Nagona (novel) - 1990 Karibu Ndani (poetry collection) - 1988 African Philosophy and the Problem of Literary Interpretation (PhD dissertation) - 1985 The Concept of the Hero in African Fiction (MA thesis) - 1982 Gamba la Nyoka (novel) - 1979 Kaptula la Marx (play) - 1978 Dunia Uwanja wa Fujo (novel) - 1975 Kichwamaji (novel) - 1974 Kichomi (poetry collection) - 1974 Rosa Mistika (novel) - 1971
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Euphrase Kezilahabi appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer (13 April 1944 – 9 January 2020).
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Ukerewe Island.
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Dar es Salaam.
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Fadhy Mtanga Vincent R. Ogoti
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Euphrase Kezilahabi was born on 13 April 1944 in Namagondo (Tanzanie) and died on 9 January 2020 in Dar es-Salaam (Tanzanie).
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- 1.Vincent, Asibabi. Professor Kezilahabi, 'Mayai Waziri Wa Maradhi' writer, is dead. 10 January 2020.
- 2.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/315981/Euphrase-Kezilahabi
- 3.NALRC
- 4.Rosa Mistika. Yale University Press.
- 5.MSU Press Stray Truths. Michigan State University Press.
- 6.Euphrase Kezilahabi. www.poetrytranslation.org.
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