Euphrase Kezilahabi
Euphrase Kezilahabi was a Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar. Born in Ukerewe, Tanganyika, he last worked at the University of Botswana, as an associate professor at the Department of African Languages.
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'.
Works
Rosa Mistika - 2025 Stray Truths: Selected Poems of Euphrase Kezilahabi - 2015- Miscellaneous poems published by the Poetry Translation Centre Dhifa - 2008Mzingile - 1991Nagona - 1990Karibu Ndani - 1988African Philosophy and the Problem of Literary Interpretation - 1985The Concept of the Hero in African Fiction - 1982Gamba la Nyoka - 1979Kaptula la Marx - 1978
- Dunia Uwanja wa Fujo - 1975
- Kichwamaji - 1974
- Kichomi - 1974
- Rosa Mistika - 1971
Influenced
- Fadhy Mtanga
- Vincent R. Ogoti