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For the 2018 Swahili language Jordan Riber film she was featured in as "Neema" titled, Hadithi za Kumekucha: Fatuma, also starring Beatrice Taisamo and Ayoub Bombwe, she was nominated and awarded a "Best Actress" award in the Swahili Movies special category at the 2018 Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF).
Fatuma (theatrically as Hadithi za Kumekucha: Fatuma), is a 2018 Tanzanian drama film directed by Jordan Riber and co-produced by director himself with his parents; John Riber and Louise Riber. [1] It is the sequel to its first feature film Hadithi za Kumekucha:TUNU . [ 2 ]
Mathias E. Mnyampala (1917–1969) was a Tanzanian writer, lawyer, and poet. Mnyampala was born on 18 Novembern 1917 according to a personal record form [1] [2] but he wrote in his autobiography, Maisha ni kugharimia, that he only knew the year with accuracy. [3]
In 2017, he directed Hadithi za Kumekucha: Tunu, [4] and in 2018, Fatuma. [1] [5] In the same year, he directed and produced Bahasha. [6] [7] In the 2018 Zanzibar International Film Festival selected Riber's Bahasha as the opening film for premiering, which together with Fatuma were placed in the "Long Features" category. [8]
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.
Kinjikitile gave his people 'holy water' (Swahili: maji) - consisting of water mixed with millet and castor oil [7] - claiming that it would protect them from German bullets. [2] [3] His followers wore millet stalks around their foreheads, and were equipped with an arsenal that included cap guns, spears and arrows. [8]
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.
Lazy Lion is an African animal story, written by Mwenye Hadithi and illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway, [1] about a lion who wanted a house to keep him dry from the big rain that was coming. [2] It was published in November 1990, by Little, Brown .