Kielezo cha Insha is the earliest guide to essay writing in Kiswahili, published by Wits University Press in 1954. After Tanzania's independence in 1961 the book was not available for several decades because of the political and economic sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The book covers pertinent issues in composition writing, including the purpose and types of composition, preparation, structure, language and style, cohesion, objectivity and punctuation. It includes 60 model essays together with Robert's thoughts and perspectives on the issues he addresses. The topics include some of the issues current at the time, such as 'secret marriages', culture, the environment, language and nationhood, patriotism, women's oppression, health, and the meaning of life and death. After being out of print for more than sixty years, Wits University Press has reissued the text as a testament to its enduring historical value. Kielezo cha Insha is an example of Robert's educational and pedagogical writing at its best.|Kielezo cha Insha is the earliest guide to essay writing in Kiswahili, published by Wits University Press in 1954. After Tanzania's independence in 1961 the book was not available for several decades because of the political and economic sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The book covers pertinent issues in composition writing, including the purpose and types of composition, preparation, structure, language and style, cohesion, objectivity and punctuation. It includes 60 model essays together with Robert's thoughts and perspectives on the issues he addresses. The topics include some of the issues current at the time, such as 'secret marriages', culture, the environment, language and nationhood, patriotism, women's oppression, health, and the meaning of life and death. After being out of print for more than sixty years, Wits University Press has reissued the text as a testament to its enduring historical value. Kielezo cha Insha is an example of Robert's educational and pedagogical writing at its best.|Kielezo cha Insha ndio mwongozo wa kwanza kabisa wa uandishi wa insha katika lugha ya Kiswahili. Kitabu hiki kilichapishwa mwaka 1954 na matbaa ya Chuo Kikuu cha Witwatersrand cha Afrika Kusini. Baada ya Uhuru wa Tanzania mwaka 1961, kitabu hiki hakikupatikana kutokana na vikwazo vya kiuchumi vilivyowekwa dhidi ya utawala wa kibaguzi wa Afrika Kusini. Kitabu kinazungumzia masuala muhimu katika uandishi wa insha, yakiwamo: madhumuni ya kufundisha uandishi wa insha shuleni, aina za insha, maandalizi ya kuandika insha, lugha na mtindo, ushikamani, uwiano mzuri, matumizi ya alama za vituo. Kitabu hiki pia kimejumuisha insha 60 za mfano zinazowakilisha aina mbalimbali za insha zilizojadiliwa katika utangulizi, na kuakisi mawazo na mtazamo wa mwandishi – Robert kuhusu masuala anayoyajadili. Mada zinazojadiliwa ni pamoja na zile ambazo zilikuwa motomoto katika jamii wakati huo, kwa mfano 'ndoa za siri', utamaduni, mazingira, lugha na utaifa, uzalendo, unyanyasaji wa wanawake, afya na maana ya maisha na kifo Baada ya kupotea kwa zaidi ya miaka sitini, Matbaa ya Witwatersrand yameamua kukichapisha kitabu hiki tena kutokana na thamani yake ya kihistoria na ufaafu wa kudumu wa maarifa yaliyomo. Kitabu hiki ni mfano tosha wa elimu na ujuzi wa mafunzo bora ya uandishi wa Robert.