Abdilatif Abdalla
Kenyan writer, poet and a politician
- Born
- 14 April 1946, Mombasa
- Age
- 80
Abdilatif Abdalla (born 1946 in Mombasa) is a Kenyan writer and political activist. He was imprisoned for his support of the Kenya People's Union, and began writing poetry in solitary confinement. A collection of poems from this time were published as a book titled Sauti ya Dhiki (1973), which was awarded the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. He is the Chair of the Safal Kiswahili Prize for African Literature.
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