The Role of Kiswahili Children’s Literature in formulating their Worldview

Abstract

This Paper will examine how characters in Children’s Literature are portrayed by different authors with the probable ramifications.Children’s literature in Kiswahili Language has grown tremendously in the recent past.For sure many publishing houses have started to view this kind of literature seriously.Likely this is because of the perception that this kind of literature can help young readers to understand their environment and to expand their worldview.Childrens Literature can also help them to understand language and their society.It is important to realize that Children can construct their worldview from what they read.It is notable however that some writers have written childrens stories with certain biases in regard to certain genders without realizing that such attitudes can have negative outcomes in their readers.This paper will analsyse character portrayal in Childrens Literature and interrogate the probable influence to the target audience.