Shaaban Robert

Tanzanian writer (1909-1962) · Writers · Died at 53

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Shaaban bin Robert, also known as Shaaban Robert, was a Tanzanian poet, author, and essayist who supported the preservation of Tanzanian verse traditions. " He is also honoured as the national poet.

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Shabaan Roberts Grave in Tangasisi Ward, Tanga

Museum Plate, Tangasisi Ward, Tanga

Awards

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Writers born in the 1900s 6

Konstantine Lortkipanidze44.5 Semyon Babayevsky44.5

About this person

Shaaban bin Robert, also known as Shaaban Robert, was a Tanzanian poet, author, and essayist who supported the preservation of Tanzanian verse traditions. Robert is celebrated as one of the greatest Tanzanian Swahili thinkers, intellectuals and writers in East Africa and has been called "poet laureate of Swahili" and is also known as the "Father of Swahili." He is also honoured as the national poet.