The general tendencies and specialties of formation of individual’s beginning in the East African literature

Abstract

The present article describes the process of personality`s formation in the swahily literature in the firs part of XX century. The process is examined in the works of Shaaban Robert the well-known writer in all over the East Africa and who is known as a founder of the contemporary literature in the swahily language too. The genre of autobiography is appraised as a main one in the swahily literature of this period.

Keywords

• national identity
• modern personality
• autobiographic prose
• enlightener
• swahily