Nahida Esmail | |
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Born | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Pen name | Umm Hafsah |
Occupation | Author Poet Columnist |
Language | English Swahili |
Education | Masters in Child Development with Early Childhood Education,
Institute of Education, University of London U.K BSc in Psychology Goldsmiths College, University of London U.K |
Notable awards | CODE's Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature |
Children | Hafsah Seedat Khaled, Humeira Seedat Khaled |
Nahida Esmail is a Tanzanian author [1] and poet. [2] [3] She is a lifetime sponsor of 'The Teen Writers Awards'. [4] [5]
Nahida Esmail was born and raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [6] She was educated at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and graduated with a BSc in Psychology and completed a Masters degree in Child Development with Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. [7] Later on She got married and gave birth to her 2 daughters Hafsah and Humeira Khaled.
Esmail has published four young adult fiction novels [8] and ten children's books of which some have been translated into Swahili and Maa. [9]
Published books
2011
2014
2017
2019
2021
Poetry
In 2015 Esmail was honoured with the Tanzania Women's Achievement Award for the education category. [10]
Her four young adult novels, Living in the Shade, [11] Lesslie the City Maasai, [12] Detectives of Shangani, [13] and Living in the Shade: Aiming for the Summit [14] have all received CODE's Burt Award for African literature.
Nahida Esmail | |
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Born | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Pen name | Umm Hafsah |
Occupation | Author Poet Columnist |
Language | English Swahili |
Education | Masters in Child Development with Early Childhood Education,
Institute of Education, University of London U.K BSc in Psychology Goldsmiths College, University of London U.K |
Notable awards | CODE's Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature |
Children | Hafsah Seedat Khaled, Humeira Seedat Khaled |
Nahida Esmail is a Tanzanian author [1] and poet. [2] [3] She is a lifetime sponsor of 'The Teen Writers Awards'. [4] [5]
Nahida Esmail was born and raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [6] She was educated at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and graduated with a BSc in Psychology and completed a Masters degree in Child Development with Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. [7] Later on She got married and gave birth to her 2 daughters Hafsah and Humeira Khaled.
Esmail has published four young adult fiction novels [8] and ten children's books of which some have been translated into Swahili and Maa. [9]
Published books
2011
2014
2017
2019
2021
Poetry
In 2015 Esmail was honoured with the Tanzania Women's Achievement Award for the education category. [10]
Her four young adult novels, Living in the Shade, [11] Lesslie the City Maasai, [12] Detectives of Shangani, [13] and Living in the Shade: Aiming for the Summit [14] have all received CODE's Burt Award for African literature.