Amir Abedi
# Amir Abedi

Sheikh K. A. Amir Abedi (1924–1964) was the first African mayor of Dar es Salaam.

He served as a Minister of Justice and as Minister of Education and Culture, as well as led the Tanganyikan delegation to the Eighteenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

## Death

Abedi was also a skilled and prominent poet of the Swahili language and also a strong promoter of the Swahili language. He died of food poisoning in 1964 at the age of 40.

