Kimenye, Barbara (1940–)
Kimenye, Barbara (1940–)
Ugandan children's writer, novelist and short-story writer. Born 1940 in England; trained as a nurse in London.
Worked as columnist for Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation; served on government of the Kabaka of Buganda in Uganda; short fiction collections include Kalasanda (1965) and Kalasanda Revisited (1966); children's works, which are used widely in East African elementary schools, include Moses (1967), Moses and the Ghost (1971), Sarah and the Boy (1973), The Money Game (1992), Kayo's House (1996), The Smugglers (1997), and Beauty Queen (1997).
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