Mvungi, Martha
Mvungi, Martha
Tanzanian novelist and short-story writer. Born into the Bena tribe but spent early years among the Hehe; educated at universities of Edinburgh and Dar-es-Salaam.
Worked as researcher in Dar-es-Salaam and teacher in southern Tanzania; became principal secretary, Ministry of Education, and senior lecturer, at University of Dar-es-Salaam; works, influenced by oral traditions of Tanzania, include Three Solid Stones (1975), Hana Hatia, and Yasin in Trouble (1990).
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