- Edwin Semzaba
Edwin Semzaba is a
Tanzanian novelist, playwright, actor and director. He writes his works mainly inSwahili . He teaches in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at theUniversity of Dar es Salaam , Tanzania. At the University he teaches, among other courses, creative writing and acting.NOVELS
*"Funke Bugebuge" published by Dar es Salaam University Press in 1999.
*"Tausi wa Alfajiri" published by HEKO Publishers in 1996
PLAYS
*"Ngoswe" published by the Dar es Salaam University Press in 1996.
*"Mkokoteni"AWARDS
*The first award of East African Writers awarded by the Institute of Swahili Research ("Taasisi ya Unchunguzi wa Kiswahili", TUKI) for his novel "Funke Bugebuge"
*The "grandchildren's adventure book writing competition" awarded by the Swedish Embassy in Tanzania (2007).
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