Anne Matindi
Kenyan nurse and children's writer (born 1942)
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Life
Anne Matindi was born in Murang'a District, Kenya,[3] and was educated at Nginda Girls' School and Kahuhia Girls' School. By the time her first collection of stories was published in 1967, she was married with three children.[4]
Matindi's stories, set in East Africa, are often amusing traditional stories about domestic animals.[2]
Works
- The sun and the wind. Nairobi : East African Publishing House, 1967. Illustrations by Adrienne Moore. East African junior library, no. 7.
- The lonely black pig, and other stories. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1968. East African junior library, no. 5.
- Jua na Upepo; na hadithi nyingine. Nairobi: East African Pub. House, 1968. Hadithi za kikwetu, 3. (Short story in Swahili.)
- (with Cynthia Hunter) The sun-men and other plays. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1971. Illustrations by Beryl Moore. Plays for primary schools, 1.
- The Kasiwes and their animals, and other stories. Nairobi : Phoenix, 1996. Illustrations by Emmanuel Kariuki. Phoenix young readers library.
