В статье на материале суахилиязычной литературы первой половины XX в. рассматривается процесс становления личности в словесной культуре стран Восточной Африки. В центре внимания творчество танзанийского писателя Шаабана Роберта, основоположника современной литературы на языке суахили.
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.