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Fatma Shafii Kiswahili writer from the Kenyan Coast. Her short fiction and poems have appeared in Lolwe, JaladaAfrica, and SHIWAKI: an organization she founded that aims to increase institutional support for Kiswahili writing and writers. Other published works include a short story in the anthology Waterbirds on the Lakeshore, a Goethe-Institut anthology of Afro young adult fiction which has been published in French, English, and Kiswahili. Lusajo Mwaikenda Israel is a Tanzanian writer who received his degree in fine and performing arts from the University of Dar es Salaam. He further pursued his Masters in Community Development (MCED) at Open University of Tanzania and a postgraduate diploma in education at Teofilo Kisanji University. In the 1990s, he was a founding member of Daz Nundaz, a pioneering group of the Bongo Flava and Swahili hip-hop musical genres. Mwas Mahugu is a Sheng writer and an Afro-hip hop artist who, when not singing, writes, coordinates music events, and manages artists. His Sheng writing was first published by Kwani? in 2005. Later 'Kwani?' featured his work in three more publications. Mwas is also a founding member of Jalada Africa, a pan-African writers collective based in Kenya. As a pioneer Sheng writer, he cofounded Tribe 43a one-page Sheng magazine featured on People Daily and now in its fifth year. Mwas writes to discover and loves to capture real life street experiences in his writing. Clara Momanyi is a Kenyan academic, creative writer, and translator who has been teaching Kiswahili literature in Kenyan universities for many years. Her creative works include novels such as Tumaini (Hope), Nakuruto, and Nguu za Jadi (Old summits). Some of her childrens books include Ushindi wa Nakate (Nakates Victory), which won the 2015 Text Book Centre Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature; Siku ya Wajinga (Fools day); and Pendo Katika Shari (Love in adversity). She has also written several Kiswahili short stories, which have appeared in various Kiswahili short story anthologies. Professor Momanyi has also published numerous academic papers in peer-reviewed journals in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Fadhy Mtanga, from Tanzania, has published five novels, a poetry collection, and various uncollected short stories. His narratives, featuring people from various walks of life and socioeconomic classes, reflect on and weave together relationship issues, family issues, and matters related to work, power, and authority. Through his use of staccato sentences, introduction of new vocabulary, and subtle incorporation of English words and phrases, Fadhy Mtangas writing has contributed significantly to the development of modern Swahili. Katama G. C. Mkangi (19442004) was a novelist, activist, and sociologist born in southeast Kenya, best known for his three novels, Ukiwa (1975), Mafuta (1984), and Walenisi (1995). He came by his interest in political satire honestly; under the regime of President Daniel arap Moi, Mkangi was held as a political prisoner from 19861988 for his association with the underground Mwakenya Movement that agitated for multiparty democracy. Lilian Mbaga, born 1991, addresses gender inequality in Tanzania in her writing. Her first book, Tabasamu la Uchungu (Smile of bitterness, 2014), recounts a girls trauma from rape. Her second novel Hatinafsi (Selfishness, 2018) deals with a widows harassment and dispossession by her in-laws. Given the difficult Tanzanian publishing environment, Mbaga has self-published her books. Hatinafsi came to prominence by promotion through the new writers association UWARIDI of which Mbaga is a member. In 2021, she also participated in a very successful collaborative online novel about sextortion by five writers of the association. Euphrase Kezilahabi (19442020) was a Tanzanian novelist, poet, playwright, and philosopher. Kezilahabi wrote in an everyday Swahili for the masses while simultaneously conveying complex ideas about societal a