title: Amir Abedi
text: # 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.
  
  