{"value"=>"Sc Audio C-067: Swahili: Twamkumbuka Sheikh Shaaban Bin Robert Part I-IV"}
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{"value"=>"<p>v01f01: Multi-part program commemorating the life, work, and legacy of Sheikh Shaaban Robert. Shaaban Robert was a Tanzanian poet, author, and essayist who supported Tanzanian verse traditions. He is celebrated as one of the greatest Tanzanian Swahili thinkers, intellectuals, and writers in East Africa. He has been called \"poet laureate of Swahili\" and is also known as the \"Father of Swahili.\" Produced for Voice of Kenya broadcast by Mseoka Naganda.</p> <ol class=\"list\"> <li>Part I: Robert's childhood, education, and early poetry until 1932 are discussed.</li> <li>Part II: Robert's work in Tanzania and his marriage to his first wife in 1926 are described. Excerpts from \"Amina umejitenga kufa umetangulia,\" poems written upon the death of Robert's wife in 1936, are read.</li> <li>Part III: Robert's life and the influences on his poetry are discussed. A short history of poetry in Tanzania is also given. His poems \"Ibada na Haki,\" \"Mbegu za Mungu,\" \"Amina Umejitenga Kufa Umetangulia,\" \"Ujane,\" \"Mungu,\" and \"Dua\" from the book <em>Masomo Yenye Adili</em> are read.</li> <li>Part IV: Robert's emphasis on discipline and good manners in his poetry is discussed. His poems \"Duni haina ngaa ya maovu,\" \"Vokovu,\" and excerpts from \"Mungu\" are read.</li></ol>"}