KISWAHILI NOVELIST ADAM SHAFI SHEDS LIGHT ON AFRICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

 I first met Zanzibar novelist, Adam Shafi in 1979.

He had just popped into then Tanzania Publishing House along Samora Avenue, downtown Dar es Salaam. His new book, Kuli, excited every Swahili reader and lover of literature. Kuli is a classic. Phenomenal. It is based on historical incidents during the colonial era in 1948. Port workers stage a strike that eventually contributes to Uhuru struggles for Zanzibar and Tanganyika (the older name of Tanzania) independence. 

Adam Shafi- pic by Mohammed Ghassani
 

BARUA YA WAZI KWA RAIS MAGUFULI KUTOKOMEZA KABISA UKEKETAJI TANZANIA

 Mpendwa Rais John Magufuli,

Kwanza nakutakia kheri za mwaka mpya wa 2016.

 Ninakupongeza kwa kuanza kazi yako kwa kishindo. Kishindo kinachowapa wananchi wetu matumaini. Mvumo unaoukupa sifa Afrika Mashariki nzima hadi kuwafanya wenzetu watuonee wivu.  Afrika nzima inatamani ingekuwa na viongozi kama wewe. Tunaoishi Ughaibuni tutaendelea kuwa mabalozi wako.

Leo mada yangu Mheshimiwa Rais ni suala la ukeketaji.

Wasichana waliokimbia kujihifadhi jumba la Mugumu, Mara. Picha ya Anthony Mayunga kupitia gazeti la Mwananchi.

PHOTOGRAPHY CAN BE A CAREER FOR OUR CAREER MINDED YOUNG WOMEN

A few weeks ago, two well-known Tanzanian bloggers used photographs I had taken of an event in London without giving credit to my name. They put up the pictures plus what I had written as penned by them. In journalism, this is by-line. The dictionary defines a by line as “a line in a newspaper naming the writer of the article...”