Uongozi na Uafikiaji wa Malengo ya Maendeleo Endelevu katika Tamthilia Teule za Kiswahili

Kiswahili Lengo la makala hii ni kuchunguza uongozi na uafikiaji wa Malengo ya Maendeleo Endelevu (MME) katika tamthilia teule za Kiswahili. Kazi hii iliongozwa na Nadharia ya Uhistoria Mpya iliyoasisiwa na Stephen Greenblatt mwaka wa 1980. Utafiti huu ni wa kithamano na ulitumia muundo wa kiuchanganuzi. Mbinu ya unukuzi ilitumiwa kukusanya data.  Data ilipangwa kisha kuchanganuliwa kupitia Mbinu ya uhakiki wa yaliyomo. Kwa kutumia mbinu ya usampulishaji dhamirifu, tamthilia nne ziliteuliwa. Tamthilia hizi ziliteuliwa kwa msingi kuwa zina maudhui ya uongozi na ziliandikwa kati ya miaka ya 2016 na 2024. Hizi ni: Shamba la Halaiki, Mwinyi na Manyani ya Adili, Kifunganjia na Kodi. Matokeo yamewasilishwa kwa njia ya maelezo. Matokeo ya kazi hii ni kuwa kuna aina mbili kuu za uongozi zinazojitokeza katika tamthilia teule za Kiswahili: uongozi wa kidemokrasia na wa kidikteta. Demokrasia iliendeleza uafikiaji wa MME kinyume na udikteta uliodumaza uafikiaji wa MME. Makala haya yanapendekeza kuwa wananchi katika mataifa mbalimbali ya ulimwengu wachangie uongozi bora katika jamii zao ili kufanikisha uafikiaji wa MME. Aidha, watafiti wa baadaye walinganishe na kulinganua aina mbalimbali za uongozi katika kazi mbalimbali za fasihi kando na uongozi wa kidemokrasia na kidiktea ulioshughuliwa katika makala haya. English This paper investigated leadership and the realisation of SDGs in selected Swahili plays. This study was guided by the New Historicism Theory that was propounded by Stephen Greenblatt in 1980. This is qualitative research that employed an analytical research design. The transcriptional method was used to collect data. Data was organised and analysed through content analysis. Through the purposive sampling technique, four plays were selected. These plays were selected on the basis that they have a leadership theme and were written between the years 2016 and 2024.  These are: Shamba la Halaiki, Mwinyi na Manyani ya Adili, Kifunganjia and Kodi. The findings of this study are that there are two distinct leadership styles in selected Swahili plays: democratic and dictatorial leadership styles. Democracy led to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, dictatorship derailed the achievement of the SDGs. This paper recommends that citizens in their respective countries should contribute to good leadership in order to achieve the SDGs. Further studies should be carried out by comparing and contrasting different types of leadership in different literary genres other than democratic and dictatorial types of government, as examined by this paper. Keywords: Democracy, dictatorship, leadership, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), swahili plays