Euphrase Kezilahabi
BornApril 13, 1944
Ukerewe Island
DiedJanuary 9, 2020
Dar es Salaam
NationalityTanzanian

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'.

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


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