death_date birth_place notableworks birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
12 august 2012 halifax , west yorkshire moses series 19 december 1929 children 's books barbara kimenye
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barbara kimenye

barbara kimenye -lrb- 19 december 1929 -- 12 august 2012 -rrb- , was one of east africa 's most popular and best-selling children 's authors .
her books sold more than a million copies , not just in kenya , uganda and tanzania , but throughout english-speaking africa .
she wrote more than 50 titles and is best remembered for her moses series , about a mischievous student at a boarding school for troublesome boys .
a prolific writer widely regarded as `` the leading writer of children 's literature in uganda '' , barbara kimenye was among the first anglophone ugandan women writers to be published in central and east africa .
her stories were extensively read in uganda and beyond and were widely used in african schools .
kimenye was born in england , but by her own admission considered herself ugandan .
