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The first lines of Utendi wa Tambuka (Utenzi wa Hirqal) in a 19th-century manuscript from SOAS collection. Utend̠i wa Tambuka, also known as Utenzi wa Tambuka [notes 1] ("The Story of Tambuka"), Utenzi wa Hirqal or Kyuo kya Hereḳali (the book of Heraclius), is an epic poem in the Swahili language by Bwana Mwengo wa Athman, dated 1728. [1]
Swahili literature has been an object of research by many western scholars since the 19th century. There is a debate regarding objectivity as a few scholars tried to establish a canon of Swahili writing.
Kibaraka is a folktale sourced from the Swahili, published in late 19th century. Linguist Jan Knappert published a very similar tale with the title The Giant Horse, wherein the protagonist is also named Kibaraka. In both, a youth named Kibaraka gets entangled with a cannibal sorcerer and escapes thanks to a giant horse's help; also with the ...
An earlier version of this tale, with a crocodile instead of a shark, serves as the frame tale for the fourth book of the Panchatantra.In this version it is the crocodile's wife who, after enjoying the figs given by the monkey to her husband, desires to eat the monkey's heart. [4]
One of the most prominent Swahili writers in Tanzania was Shaaban Robert (1909-1962), a poet, novelist and essayist. His works include Maisha yangu (My Life) and the poem Utenzi wa Vita vya Uhuru (An Epic in the War for Freedom). Muhammed Said Abdulla (1918-1991) was a prominent novelist, who particularly wrote detective stories.
Jan Knappert (January 14, 1927, Heemstede – May 30, 2005, Hilversum, Netherlands) was a well-known expert on the Swahili language. He was also an Esperantist, and he wrote an Esperanto-Swahili dictionary. [1]
Siku Njema is a Swahili novel written by the Kenyan author, Ken Walibora.The novel was published in 1996 and written in the first person. The book deals with the life of a young man, Msanifu Kombo (nicknamed Kongowea Mswahili) who is born in Tanga, Tanzania and who faces family hardships with his single mother, who is a talented singer of taarab.
Fumo Liyongo or Liongo was a Swahili writer and chieftain on the northern part of the coast of East Africa sometime between the 9th and 13th centuries. [1] He is celebrated as a hero, warrior, and poet in traditional poems, stories, and songs of the Swahili people, many associated with wedding rituals and gungu dances.