May Balisidya

An haife shi ne a Dodoma kuma ta halarci makarantar firamare da sakandare a can. BA ta sami BA daga Jami'ar Gabashin Afirka a Dar es Salaam a shekarar 1970 da kuma MA a cikin wallafe-wallafen baki daga Jami'an Dar es Salaum a shekarar 1978. Ta sami digirinta na PhD a cikin wallafe-wallafen Afirka daga Jami'ar Wisconsin-Madison a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1987.[1][2]

Daga 1977 zuwa 1987, ta kasance malama a sashen Kiswahili na Jami'ar Dar es Salaam . 

A shekara ta 1971, an zabe ta a Majalisar Kasa ta Swahili ta Tanzania;  ta yi aiki sau biyu a matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban majalisar. "In Memoriam: Dr. May Balisidya Matteru (1947 - 1987)". Kiswahili (pdf). 54. University of Dar es Salaam: 3–13.

Balisidya ya mutu yana da shekaru 40 daga ciwon daji."In Memoriam: Dr. May Balisidya Matteru (1947 - 1987)". Kiswahili (pdf). 54. University of Dar es Salaam: 3–13.

 Ayyukan da aka zaɓa 
Tushen: 

 Shida ("Hardships"), littafin
 Ayyuka ("Aiki"), wasa
 Tujifunze tex ("Bari mu koyi karatu"), littafin yara

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1987
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1947