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Barbara Kimenye
British-born writer (1929–2012)
Barbara Kimenye | |
|---|---|
| Born | Barbara Clarke Holdsworth (1929-12-19)19 December 1929 Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 12 August 2012(2012-08-12) (aged 82) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Children's books |
| Notable works | Moses series |
Barbara Kimenye (19 December 1929 – 12 August 2012) was a British-born writer who became one of the most popular and best-selling children's authors in East Africa, where she lived from the 1950s.[1] 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,[2] about a mischievous student at a boarding school for troublesome boys.[3]
A prolific writer widely regarded as "the leading writer of children's literature in Uganda", Kimenye was among the first Anglophone Ugandan women writers t