Tanzanian-British author Abdulrazak Gurnah's homecoming to Tanzania through the first ever Kiswahili translation of his book Paradise, now titled Peponi, is a significant development in East African literature. Gurnah, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021, recently headlined a literary festival in Kenya, fostering conversations between Anglophone and Lusophone Africa.
East African literature continues to grow and reshape itself in exciting new ways. The world really did take notice of the region when Tanzanian-British author Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. Interest in Gurnah’s work continued last year when he made a homecoming to east Africa. But it is in Tanzania that Gurnah made a proper homecoming in 2023 – through the first ever Kiswahili translation of Paradise , now out as Peponi .
I am an interdisciplinary scholar with a research focus that cuts across journalism, creative writing, African literature and postcolonial studies. I’m also a big reader of books from the region. My highlights include a range from the masterful Gurnah to stunning newcomers, a bold biography to a pacy memoir. 1. Abdulrazak Gurnah in Kiswahili Now aged 74, Gurnah has recently headlined a literary festival in Kenya which seeks to foster conversations between and among Anglophone (English-speaking) and Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) Afric
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