Tag: Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo
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Celebrating heroes at the Swahili Literary Festival 2019.
The festival theme of “Celebrating heroes” was on show at the final session of the Swahili Literary Festival 2019 at the SwahiliPot Hub, Mombasa on March 3, 2019. The Swahili Literary Festival rocked the coastal city of Mombasa with an opening ceremony that included a keynote address by Noma award-winning writer and academic Prof Rocha…
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Swahili Poet Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo has passed on.
Swahili Poet Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo has passed on. The announcement was made on January 9, 2019. Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo was a Kenyan poet and healer born in Mombasa, Kenya in 1936. He is the older brother of Abdilatif Abdalla the chairman of the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize. Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo was one…