May Balisidya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMay Balisidya
Date of Birth: 10-May-1947
Place of Birth: Dodoma, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Date of Death: 27-Dec-1987
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About May Balisidya
- May Lenna Balisidya Matteru (May 10, 1947 – December 27, 1987) was a Tanzanian author writing in the Swahili language. She was born in Dodoma and attended primary and secondary school there.
- Balisidya received a BA from the University of East Africa at Dar es Salaam in 1970 and a MA in oral literature from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1978.
- She obtained her PhD in African literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in November 1987.From 1977 to 1987, she was a lecturer in the Kiswahili department of the University of Dar es Salaam.In 1971, she was elected to the Swahili National Council of Tanzania; she served two terms as vice-chairman of the council.Balisidya died at the age of 40 from cancer.
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