death_date birth_place nationality birth_date language genre article_title name occupation
1991 1918 makunduchi , zanzibar tanzanian 25 april 1918 swahili detective fiction muhammed said abdulla
 muhammad said abdulla journalist , novelist
muhammed said abdulla

muhammed said abdulla or abdullah -lrb- 25 april 1918 - 1991 -rrb- , was a tanzanian swahili novelist who is often credited as a pioneer of swahili literature .
