Hussein Issa Tuwa

Hussein Issa Tuwa (born in November 1970 in Mchikichini, Ilala District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.) is a Tanzanian Swahili novelist, short-story writer and author, particularly known for suspense, crime and socially oriented fiction. UNESCO's 2024 overview of Kiswahili creative writing competitions lists him among prominent Tanzanian Kiswahili writers.

Quotes

• “I grew up with a lot of books. My parents were good readers, I wanted to read books like them. From there I developed the passion for writing.”
  • The Citizen, interview titled “Meet the Author: Telling Tanzanian stories one at a time,” 30 December 2014.

• “Writing is something that identifies me in the society and carries my identity.”
  • The Citizen, interview titled “Meet the Author: Telling Tanzanian stories one at a time,” 30 December 2014.

• “Basically it was the belief that kept nagging me every time I read a book that I could write better than the writer of the book. I gave it a try and here I am.”
  • The Citizen, interview titled “Meet the Author: Telling Tanzanian stories one at a time,” 30 December 2014.

• “Writing has changed me in many ways. My views and perception of things has taken a dynamic form. I don’t see things in one perspective.”
  • The Citizen, interview titled “Meet the Author: Telling Tanzanian stories one at a time,” 30 December 2014.

• “I don’t plan my books. I don’t use an outline.”
  • The Citizen, interview titled “Meet the Author: Telling Tanzanian stories one at a time,” 30 December 2014.

External links

• UNESCO Independently identifies Hussein Issa Tuwa among prominent Tanzanian Kiswahili writers.

• Hussein Issa Tuwa

• HUSSEIN ISSA TUWA — Biography/Background by HEMED SAID MASOUD (Open University of Tanzania PDF. Section 4.2)