Elieshi Lema

## Tarihin rayuwa

An haifi Lema kuma ta girma a ƙauyen Nronga a cikin Gundumar Moshi ta Yankin Kilimanjaro . Ta yi karatun kimiyyar ɗakin karatu kuma ta yi aiki a ɗakin karatu na kasa. Ta ci gaba da karatunta ta hanyar karatun wallafe-wallafen Ingilishi a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam da rubuce-rubuce masu kirkiro a Jami'an Jihar San Francisco .

Lema ta fara rubuta waka sannan ta fara rubuta littattafan yara  a cikin Swahili . Takaitaccen labarinta *Mwendo* yayi magana akan ayyukan al'adu masu cutarwa ga yarinyar a Tanzaniya. A cikin 2001, ta rubuta littafinta na farko mai suna *Parched Earth* a Turanci.  An fassara wannan littafin zuwa Yaren mutanen Sweden da Faransanci kuma an sami lambar yabo ta lambar yabo ta Noma don bugawa a Afirka . Wani littafinta na matasa na Turanci, mai suna *In the Belly of Dar es Salaam*, yana cikin jerin sunayen da aka zaba don kyautar Burt don Adabin Afirka.  A matsayinta na babban edita, ta kuma buga ayyukan da shugaban Tanzaniya na farko Julius Nyerere ya yi, mai suna *Nyerere akan Ilimi: Zaɓaɓɓun Essays da jawabai.*

Lema ita ce mai haɗin gwiwar gidan wallafe-wallafen E&D Vision Publishing,  wanda kuma ke gudanar da kantin sayar da littattafai a Dar es Salaam.  Bugawar E&D Vision ya fi buga littattafan yara, litattafai da lakabi game da tarihin Afirka, duka cikin Swahili da Turanci. A cikin 1998, sun buga ɗan littafin farko don matasa masu karatu akan tarihin Dinosaurs na Tendaguru, wanda kuma ya zama sananne da shawarar karantawa a makarantun Kenya. 

A matsayinta na marubuciyar marubuciyar adabi na manya da mawallafi da ilimi, Lema ta mai da hankali kan litattafai na yara a matsayin tushen masana'antar buga littattafai a kasarta.  Har ila yau, ita ce shugabar kafa ta Asusun Amintattun Al'adun Tanzaniya. Bugu da ari, ta yi aiki a hukumar don Cibiyar Sadarwar Masu Buga ta Afirka, *Haki Elimu*, Shirin Sadarwar Jinsi na Tanzaniya, Asusun Watsa Labarai na Tanzaniya da kuma a kan kwamitin zartarwa na Ƙungiyar Masu Buga na Tanzaniya,  da kuma Cibiyar Nazarin Littafin Yara.  

A wata hira da ta yi da ita game da kalubalen da ake fuskanta na gina al'adun karatu mai dorewa a gabashin Afirka, ta ce: 

## liyafar
A cikin labarinta na ilimi na 2013 a cikin mujallar kimiyya ta Faransa, Flavia Aiello Traoré ta ba da haske game da hulɗar adabi, ilimi, da al'adu, inda ta bayyana cewa aikin Lema ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga yanayin adabi da ilimi na Tanzaniya. A cewar binciken, yanayin adabin yara a Tanzaniya yana da alaƙa da ilimin jama'a da kuma haɓaka Swahili a matsayin harshen ƙasa. An gabatar da Swahili a matsayin hanyar koyarwa bayan samun 'yancin kai, amma har yanzu akwai kalubale a aikace a duk matakan ilimi. Daga shekarun 1990 zuwa gaba, yunƙuri kamar "Ayyukan Littattafan Yara" sun inganta ƙimar karatu da tallafawa wallafe-wallafen gida. Duk da ci gaban da aka samu, sashen adabin yara na Tanzaniya na fuskantar cikas kamar ƙarancin albarkatu, kasuwannin da ba a bunƙasa ba, da kuma rashin daidaiton ingancin ilimi. 

A matsayinta na wanda ya kafa gidan buga littattafai na kansa, E&D Limited, ayyukanta sun yi niyya don tallafawa ilimin jama'a tare da haɓaka sha'awar yara, ainihi, da kima. Bugu da ari, ta kan gabatar da muhimman jigogi kamar al'adun al'adu, 'yancin yara, ilimi, da daidaiton jinsi. Har ila yau, labarin Lema ya haɗa al'adun baka na Tanzaniya da kuma bayyana halaye na gaskiya don jawo hankalin matasa masu karatu. 

## Manazarta