Richard Mabala

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Richard Mabala
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Born (1949-12-11) 11 December 1949 (age 74)
London, United Kingdom
OccupationAuthor
social activist
professor
Columnist
Language English
Swahili
French
EducationB.A (Hons) French and History (1971), M.A Oxford University (1983)
Post Graduate Diploma in Education (1972) University of Nottingham U,K
Notable worksHawa The Bus Driver [1]
Mabala The Farmer
Notable awardsCODE's Burt Award for African Literature [2]

Richard Frank Satterthwaite (born 11 December 1949), popularly known as Richard Mabala, [3] is a British-born Tanzanian author, social activist, [4] columnist [5] and academic, [6] [7] predominantly recognized for his tale books Hawa The Bus Driver, [8] Mabala The Farmer [9] and Run Free which won him a CODE's Burt Award for African Literature. [10]

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Biography

Mabala [11] was born in the United Kingdom. He moved to Tanzania in 1973 as a volunteer with the Voluntary Service Overseas. He was one of the first five British volunteers to be allowed into the country after Tanzania broke off diplomatic relations with Britain over the independence of Zimbabwe and became a Tanzanian citizen [12] in 1982 after giving up his passport [13] to become an official Tanzanian. He also served as a professor [14] at the university of Dar es Salaam. [15] [16]

Mabala is currently (as at April 2024) Tanzania Chairperson of the Asante Africa Foundation a nn-profit organisation that works with youth in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya [17] .

Literary works

Books

YearNamePublisherISBN
1989Mabala The FarmerLongman, Harlow ISBN   978-05-82030-72-5
1988Hawa The Bus DriverLongman, Harlow ISBN   978-05-82030-71-8
1991Doto ni Yupi?East African Publications ISBN   978-99-76200-57-7
2013Run FreeE & D Vision Publishing Limited ISBN   978-99-87735-10-5
1996Kwangu ni Wapi?TNGP ISBN   978-99-87600-10-6
1991Sinza GangEast African Publications
1995The Market ChildrenLongman, Harlow ISBN   978-05-82098-68-8
2010Kurwa na DotoMuture
2001The Empty CompoundMaskew Miller Longman ISBN   978-06-36047-34-1
2003Daughter of a LionessMaskew Miller Longman ISBN   978-06-36047-18-1
2004Who is The Thief?Maskew Miller Longman ISBN   978-06-36062-83-2
1999ChoicesMaskew Miller Longman ISBN   978-06-36047-26-6
2002The Special gift with Nick WarrenMaskew Miller Longman ISBN   978-06-36047-10-5
1999A Media Guide for NGOs with Samwel MaffisiAEASUN
2004Mimba, Mdomo wa Mamba
1999Adhabu ni Adabu?
1980summons: poems from Tanzania [18] Tanzania Publishing House
1988Anthology of East African Poetry by E.D Amateshe (5 poems)Longman ISBN   978-05-82895-22-5
2003Si mimi mamaMture Educational Publishers ISBN   978-99-87695-04-1
1992Hamu ya matamuEastern Africa Publications Limited ISBN   9789-97-6200-56-0

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References

  1. ↑ admin (2021-01-14). "HAWA THE BUS DRIVER BY RICHARD S. MABARA" . Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Richard Mabala". CODE's Burt Literary Awards. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  3. ↑ "For Mabala, writing is more than a hobby". The Citizen. 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  4. ↑ "Richard Mabala amkosoa Rais Magufuli [Archive] - MwanaHALISI Forum". mwanahalisiforum.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  5. ↑ "Richard Mabala". Africa Portal. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  6. ↑ "Masomo na mitihani itolewe kwa Kiswahili- Mabala | East Africa Television". www.eatv.tv. 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  7. ↑ "Mabala: Sheria ikifuatwa shule nyingi zitafungwa". Mwananchi. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  8. ↑ eajess. "Reaction against Subordination of Women Observed from the Struggle of Hawa in Mabala's Hawa the Bus Driver – EAJESS – ISSN 2714-2132" . Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  9. ↑ "CAREER PROFILE :Meet Mabala the ticklish tale writer". The Citizen. 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  10. ↑ "Run Free". CODE's Burt Literary Awards. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  11. ↑ TZA, Rama Mwelondo. "Richard Mabala kataja njia muhimu za kupunguza mimba za utotoni na ubakaji". Millard Ayo. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  12. ↑ "MWANDISHI MABALA: KITABU KIPYA KITAKUWA NA MAMBO HAYA - Watetezi Media". 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  13. ↑ "Kisa Mabala kuukana uraia wa Uingereza". Mwananchi. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  14. ↑ Mabala, Richard (2020-12-24). "Richard Mabala: Je, Kupata Nafasi ya Shule Ni Kupata Nafasi ya Elimu? - The Chanzo Initiative" . Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  15. ↑ cfeditoren (2022-02-27). "Mabala's 40 years in Tanzania and advice on Kiswahili". Tanzania. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  16. ↑ "Ningekuwa na uwezo ningewapeleka Watanzania Ulaya – Mwl Richard Mabala – Bongo5.com". bongo5.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  17. ↑ "Staff - Asante Africa Foundation" . Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  18. ↑ Mihayo, Astelia; Manuaba, Ida Bagus Putera (2019). "Representation of authors' worldview in selected poems of Mabala, Summons: poems from Tanzania (A genetic structuralism analysis)". Edulite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture. 4 (2): 171. doi: 10.30659/e.4.2.171-182 . ISSN   2528-4479. S2CID   204374565.
  19. ↑ Mabala, Richard (April 2011). "Youth and "the hood" - livelihoods and neighbourhoods". Environment and Urbanization. 23 (1): 157–181. doi: 10.1177/0956247810396986 . ISSN   0956-2478. S2CID   154803415.

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