Nahida Esmail

Nahida Esmail is a Tanzanian author and poet. She is a lifetime sponsor of 'The Teen Writers Awards'.

Early life and education
Nahida Esmail was born and raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She was educated at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and graduated with a BSc in Psychology and completed a Masters degree in Child Development with Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Later on She got married and gave birth to her 2 daughters Hafsah and Humeira Khaled.

Career
Esmail has published four young adult fiction novels and ten children's books of which some have been translated into Swahili and Maa.

Writing
Published books

2011

2014

2017

2019

2021

Poetry
 * The Atlas Lions

Awards and honours
In 2015 Esmail was honoured with the Tanzania Women's Achievement Award for the education category.

Her four young adult novels, Living in the Shade, Lesslie the City Maasai, Detectives of Shangani, and Living in the Shade: Aiming for the Summit have all received CODE's Burt Award for African literature.