May Balisidya

May Lenna Balisidya Matteru (May 10, 1947 – Disemba 27, 1987) bụ onye odee Tanzania na-ede n'asụsụ Swahili.

A mụrụ ya na Dodoma ma gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị na sekọndrị n'ebe ahụ. BA nwetara BA na MA nke East Africa na Dar es Salaam n'afọ 1970 na MA na akwụkwọ ọnụ na Mahadim nke Dar es Salaum n'afọ 1978. O nwetara PhD ya na akwụkwọ edemede Africa na Mahadum Wisconsin-Madison na Nọvemba 1987. 

Site n'afọ 1977 ruo 1987, ọ bụ onye nkuzi na ngalaba Kiswahili nke Mahadum Dar es Salaam . "In Memoriam: Dr. May Balisidya Matteru (1947 - 1987)". Kiswahili (pdf). 54. University of Dar es Salaam: 3–13.

N'afọ 1971, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye Swahili National Council of Tanzania; "A Storyteller to Remember". African languages and literature. University of Wisconsin. ọ rụrụ ọrụ ugboro abụọ dị ka osote onyeisi oche nke kansụl ahụ. "In Memoriam: Dr. May Balisidya Matteru (1947 - 1987)". Kiswahili (pdf). 54. University of Dar es Salaam: 3–13.

Balisidya nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri anọ site na ọrịa kansa."In Memoriam: Dr. May Balisidya Matteru (1947 - 1987)". Kiswahili (pdf). 54. University of Dar es Salaam: 3–13.

 Ọrụ ndị a họọrọ 

 Shida ("Hardships"), akwụkwọ akụkọ
 ("Ọrụ"), egwuregwu
 Tujifunze tex ("Ka anyị mụta ịgụ"), akwụkwọ ụmụaka

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