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Kaluta Amri Abeid
Born1924 (1924)
Kigoma-Ujiji District, Tanzania
Died1964 (aged 39–40)
Bonn, Germany[1]
Occupation(s)Minister of Justice and of Development and Culture, mayor of Dar es Salaam, poet and translator
Notable workSheria za Kutunga Mashairi na Diwani ya Amri [The Rules of Poetic Composition and Amri’s Poems] (in Swahili, 1954)

Kaluta Amri Abeid (1924–1964) was a Tanzanian Muslim cleric (Sheikh) and civil servant. He was the second Minister of Justice of Tanganyika and of Development and Culture under President Julius Nyerere in 1963-1964, and the first African mayor of Dar es Salaam. He also was a seminal Swahili poet and translator.[2][3][4][5]

Abeid was on the presidential commission to advise over turning Tanzania into a one-party state. However, he died in 1964 before the commission delivered its final report.[1]

Like his fellow Tanzanian poet Saadan Kandoro, Kaluta Amri Abedi was an adherent of nationalist politics.[6]

The Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha was named after him.

Publications

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His publications include:[7]

  • Abeid, Kaluta Amri (1954). Sheria za Kutunga Mashairi na Diwani ya Amri [The Rules of Poetic Composition and Amri’s Poems] (in Swahili). East African Literature Bureau. OCLC 557822348. Essay and poems. 148 pages.
  • Nyerere, Julius K.; Abeid, Kaluta Amri (1970). Kilio cha Uhuru [The Cry of Freedom] (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam: National Print. OCLC 602596153. Speech, 21 pages.
  • Mnyampala, Mathias E.; Abeid, Kaluta Amri (1965). Waadhi wa ushairi [Poetry lovers] (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam: East African Literature Bureau. OCLC 1014978246. 87 pages.
  • Abeid, KA, et al., eds. (1964). African Conference on Local Courts and Customary Law Held in Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, 8th September 1963-18th September 1963, Under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Justice of Tanganyika, Sheik Amri Abedi. Dar es Salaam: University College and Ford Foundation. OCLC 3671394. 143 pages.

References

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  1. ^ a b "How Tanzania became a single-party state in 1965". thecitizen.co.tz. The Citizen, Nation Media Group. November 1, 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ^ Maina, Stephen (October 21, 2015). "Mwalimu J.K.Nyerere na Kaluta Amri Abeid" [Teacher J.K. Nyerere and Kaluta Amri Abeid]. Mwananchi.co.tz (in Swahili). Mwananchi Communications Ltd., Nation Media Group. Archived from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2024-12-24. Kaluta Amri Abeid alizaliwa Ujiji Kigoma mwaka 1924. Alikuwa ni mtoto wa pili wa kiume katika familia ya watoto kumi. Mwaka 1930 alianza masomo ya madrasa kwa miaka mitatu na baadaye kujiunga na shule ya msingi. Alijiunga na shule ya Sekondari ya Tabora na baadaye alisomea ukarani hapa Dar es Salaam mwaka 1942 – 1943. [Kaluta Amri Abeid was born in Ujiji Kigoma in 1924. He was the second son in a family of ten children. In 1930 he started his studies at a madrasa for three years and later joined primary school. He joined Tabora Secondary School and later studied clerical work here in Dar es Salaam in 1942 – 1943.]
  3. ^ Arenberg, Meg (Fall 2019). "Tanzanian Ujamaa and the Shifting Politics of Swahili Poetic Form". Research in African Literatures. 50 (3, African Literary History and the Cold War). Indiana University Press: 11–12. doi:10.2979/reseafrilite.50.3.04. JSTOR 10.2979/reseafrilite.50.3.04. Kaluta Amri Abedi, in particular, would make an important contribution to the spread of traditional genres of Swahili poetry with the publication of his Sheria za Kutunga Mashairi na Diwani ya Amri (The Laws of Poetic Composition and Amri's Poems)
  4. ^ "Hivi viwanja vione tu, ni majina ya watu na mitaa" [Just look at these squares, they are the names of people and streets]. mwanaspoti.co.tz (in Swahili). Archived from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  5. ^ Topan, Farouk M. (2019). "Polemics and language in Swahili translations of the Qurʾan: Mubarak Ahmad (d. 2001), Abdullah Saleh al-Farsy (d. 1982) and Ali Muhsin al-Barwani (d. 2006)". In Hirji, Zulfikar (ed.). Approaches to the Qurʾan in sub-Saharan Africa. Qur'anic studies series, 19. Oxford, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, The Institute of Ismaili Studies. pp. 163–187. ISBN 9780198840770. OCLC 1059315430.
  6. ^ Julien, Eileen (2014). "African literature". In Grosz-Ngaté, Maria; Hanson, John H.; O’Meara, Patrick (eds.). Africa (4th ed.). Bloomington, Indiana, USA: Indiana University Press. pp. 209–232. ISBN 9780253302106. JSTOR ctt16gh7ps. OCLC 3120791.
  7. ^ "Showing 1-9 of 9 Results". search.worldcat.org. OCLC, Inc. Retrieved December 25, 2024.

Further reading

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  • Abedi, Cheikh Bakri (2016). Un diamant d'Afrique : vie du Cheikh Kaluta Amri Abedi (1924-1964) (in French). Paris, France: DL2A Buluu Publishing. ISBN 9791092789263. OCLC 1130120643. Biography by his son. 442 pages.
    • Abedi, Cheikh Bakri Kaluta Amri (2010). Almasi ya Afrika : maisha ya Sheikh Kaluta Amri Abedi, 1924-1964 [The Diamond of Africa: The Life of Sheikh Kaluta Amri Abedi, 1924-1964] (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam: B.K.A. Abedi. 245 pages.
  • Mulokozi, Mugyabuso M. (2011). Kaluta Amri Abedi : shujaa aliyesahaulika [Kaluta Amri Abedi: the forgotten hero] (in Swahili). Zanzibar: Tataki. OCLC 1101208939. 16 pages.
  • Mutembei, Aldin (April 2024). "Contextualizing the Post-Independence Socio-Cultural History of Kiswahili development through the Autobiography of Kaluta Amri Abeid". In Nicolini, Cristina; Aiello, Flavia (eds.). The Intellectual Biography as an Entry Point for Literary and Epistemological Analysis. International Conference 10th to 11th of April 2024 (PDF). Department of Asia, Africa and the Mediterraneum, University of Naples L’Orientale. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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