By JUMA NAMLOLA More by this AuthorThe Swahili literary world was yet again thrown into mourning Wednesday, following the death of legendary poet Abdalla Mwasimba aged 83. Mwasimba, who for close to 30 years revised Swahili poems for Taifa Leo, had been suffering from low blood pressure and diabetes. His youngest son, Mwasimba Abdallah told the Nation that the poet died in his sleep at his granddaughter’s residence in Kaloleni, Nairobi. Mourners carry body of the late poet Abdallah Mwasimba during his burial at the Kariokor cemetery in Nairobi. PHOTO | JUMA NAMLOLA | NATION MEDIA GROUPAdvertisementPeople who knew him paid their condolences, describing the late poet as a ‘man of people’, teacher and mentor of many.

Source: Daily Nation July 29, 2020 15:11 UTC