Abdilatif Abdalla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Abdilatif Abdalla

Kenyan poet and University teacher

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1946

Place of Birth: Mombasa, Mombasa County, Kenya

Profession: writer, poet, politician, university teacher

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Abdilatif Abdalla (born 1946 in Mombasa) is a Kenyan writer and political activist.
He was imprisoned for his support of the Kenya People's Union, and wrote the poems collected in Sauti ya Dhiki while in solitary confinement, which were subsequently awarded the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature.