A renowed contemporary Swahili poet, multimedia journalist and novelist, Mohammed Ghassani was born in Zanzibar in 1977.
As a Journalist
Mohammed Ghassani is a professional multimedia journalist working with the Swahili Services of Deutsche Welle in Germany, where he moved from Zanzibar since 2010.
As a Poet
His poetry book, N’na Kwetu: Sauti ya Mgeni Ugenini earned him the inaugural award from the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature in 2015.
As an Author
Mohammed Ghassani has so far published seven books, six of which are of poetry and the last one is a novella called Mja wa Laana (The Cursed)
Subiri/Be Patient – Ghassani The Poet
Si jipya nilinenalo, lilishanenwa dahariMote linanenwa lilo, na miye nalikaririJambo nikushaurilo, hupaswi kulighairiSubiri akhi subiriKwamba kila lianzalo, ndilo pia liishalo
