{{Short description|Tanzanian writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} '''Fadhili Frank Mtanga''' (born 14 November 1981) popularly known by his pen name '''Fadhy Mtanga<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mtanga|first1=Fadhy|title=Fadhy Mtanga|date=22 October 2020 |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/magazine/success/-How-an-author-was-inspired-by-his-mother/1843788-5581574-view-asAMP-157p656/index.html?__twitter_impression=true|accessdate=9 February 2021}}</ref>''' is a [[Tanzanian]] creative writer,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dokumen.tips/documents/fadhy-mtanga-poems-.html|title=Fadhy Mtanga – poems -|website=dokumen.tips|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> translator, blogger, photographer, [[graphic designer]] and social worker.{{fact|date=July 2021}}

==Career== He published his first [[Swahili language|Swahili]] novel, ''Kizungumkuti'' in 2011'','' that was followed by ''[[Huba (novel)|Huba]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Huba|title=Huba|website=mwalimuwakiswahili.com|url=http://www.mwalimuwakiswahili.com/2018/01/orodha-ya-waandishi-wa-hadithi-za.html|access-date=19 February 2018|archive-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219210759/http://www.mwalimuwakiswahili.com/2018/01/orodha-ya-waandishi-wa-hadithi-za.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 2014 and ''Fungate''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/tanzania/mtanzania/20170526/281900183158249|title=Press Reader|last1=Fungate|date=26 May 2017|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> in 2017. In 2020, he published his fourth novel ''Rafu''. In August 2020 Fadhy began what he called #TuzoChallenge on his Facebook wall. He challenged other Swahili writers to continue his new story that he titled ''Tuzo''. As the first initiative in the world of literature, the challenge led to the publication of the very first novel of its own kind going by the same title. Featured by five authors (Fadhy Mtanga, [[Lilian Mbaga]], [[Maundu Mwingizi]], [[Laura Pettie]] and [[Hussein Tuwa]]), Tuzo that was launched in December 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/magazines/success/-tanzanian-writers-fighting-sextortion-through-a-novel-3292910 | title= Tanzanian writers fighting sextortion through a novel | newspaper=The Citizen | location=Tanzania | first=Esther Karin | last=Mngodo | date=16 February 2021 | accessdate=5 July 2021}}</ref>

He also published his first Swahili poetry book ''Hisia''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@fadhymtanga/ninawaleteeni-kitabu-cha-hisia-8d0626fa7907|title=Ninawaleteeni kitabu cha HISIA|last=Mtanga|first=Fadhy|date=30 May 2018|website=Fadhy Mtanga|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> in 2018.

He has written a significant number of uncollected short stories that he shares regularly via his blogs and social network accounts. Several of his short stories have been translated into English by translator Jay Boss Rubin, and have appeared in U.S.-based literary and scholarly journals such as ''Living in Languages'' and ''Northwest Review''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=No. 1 - Northwest Review |url=https://nwreview.org/journal/52/01/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=nwreview.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rubin |first=Jay |date=2025-01-08 |title=“Two Friends” by Fadhy Mtanga, Translated by Jay Boss Rubin |url=https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/liljournal/vol3/iss1/7/ |journal=Living in Languages |volume=3 |issue=1 |issn=2835-8074}}</ref> His short story "Haiba" (translated by Rubin and titled "Attitudes" in English) is included in Two Lines Press's first-of-its kind collection of Swahili Fiction, ''No Edges: Swahili Stories.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=No Edges {{!}} Center for the Art of Translation {{!}} Two Lines Press |url=https://www.catranslation.org/shop/book/no-edges/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

His narratives, featuring people from various walks of life and socioeconomic classes, reflect on and weave together relationship issues, family issues, and matters related to work, power, and authority. Through his use of staccato sentences, introduction of new vocabulary, and subtle incorporation of English words and phrases, Fadhy Mtanga's writing has contributed significantly to the development of modern Swahili.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catranslation.org/shop/book/no-edges/ |publisher=Two Lines Press |access-date=25 April 2024 |title=No Edges &#124; Center for the Art of Translation &#124; Two Lines Press }}</ref>

Apart from writing, Fadhy works as an Executive Director of a Tanzanian NGO, Health & Insurance Management Services Organization (HIMSO) based in [[Mbeya]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.himso.or.tz/team/mr-fadhili-mtanga |website=HIMSO |access-date=25 April 2024 |title=Mr. Fadhili Mtanga &#124; HIMSO – Health Information Management Services Organization }}</ref>

== Works == *''Kizungumkuti'' (2011) *''[[Huba (novel)|Huba]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKinswEACAAJ|title=Huba|last=Mtanga|first=Fadhy|date=2014|publisher=Jukwaa Huru Media|language=sw}}</ref>''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pulsearch.princeton.edu/catalog/10434629|title=Princeton University Library|website=Princeton University Library|url-status=|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref>'' (2014) * ''[[Fungate]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93vGswEACAAJ|title=Fungate|last=Mtanga|first=Fadhy|date=2017|publisher=UWARIDI|isbn=9789987950843|language=sw}}</ref> (2017) *''Hisia'' (2018) *''Rafu'' (2020) *''Tuzo'' (2020) with other four Swahili authors

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