Elieshi Lema (born 1949) is a Tanzanian writer and publisher, also active in Tanzania's civil society.
Elieshi Lema
Born
1949 (age 73–74) Tanzania
Occupation
Writer, editor
Genre
Poetry, novel, children's literature
Biography
Lema was born in the village of Nronga and grew up there.[1] She studied library science and worked at the national library. She continued her education by studying English literature at the University of Dar es Salaam and creative writing at San Francisco State University.[2]
Lema began writing poetry and then children's books[2] in Swahili, before writing her first novel Parched Earth in English in 2001.[1] This novel has been translated into Swedish and French and received honourable mention for the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. Another of her books for young adults, called In the Belly of Dar es Salaam, was on the shortlist for the Burt Award for African Literature.[citation needed]
Lema is co-owner of the publishing house E&D Vision Publishing,[3] which also operates a book café in Dar es Salaam.[2] E&D Vision Publishing mainly has published children's books, textbooks and titles about African history, both in Swahili as well as in English. In 1998, they published the first booklet for young readers on the history of the dinosaurs of Tendaguru, which is currently out of print.[citation needed]
Lema is a founding director for the Tanzania Cultural Trust Fund. Also, she has served on the board for the African Publishers Network, Haki Elimu, the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme, the Tanzania Media Fund and on the executive board for the Publishers Association of Tanzania,[2] as well as the Children's Book Network.[4]
Review of Parched Earth on literary blog 'Around the World in 180 Books'
February 04, 2023
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