Category Archives: Events

Toni Morrison Tribute @Soma

Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison known as Toni Morrison was born in February 18, 1931 in Chloe Ardelia Wofford and died in August 5, 2019 at New York City. She was an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. She decided to change her name to Toni Morison because she respected how […]

Sawti & Soma Poetry Open Forum 2019

Last night 4/7/2019 Soma and Sawti held a Poetry Open Forum for the participants of Sawti’s “Poetry as Preservation” workshop, who were also joined by other poets. We heard poems from the thought provoking “What should we preserve/ Who decide what is preserved” from Richard Mabala to a rib cracking “I love her” from the […]

Meet the Author at Book Bazaar April 2019

Richard Mabala, Nahida Esmail and Lubacha Deus successive winners of CODE’s Burt Award for African Literature were invited to meet and converse with their audiences about their writing journeys, experience of writing and promote their books and receive feedback from readers. During the session participants raised issues of our education system; that it doesn’t prepare […]

Watoto na Vitabu at Book Bazaar April 2019

Watoto na Vitabu Saturday program routinely organises an end of quarter fair, where children showcase their acquired reading skills and creative writing prowess. This time round the session was planned to coincide with the Book Bazaar. The event featured the following activities: Book Launch of children own story book titled, Turtle and Swan and Other […]

Book Bazaar April 2019

Soma organized its 2nd Book Bazaar a Soma Book Café its literary hub and co-creation space  on Saturday 27th April 2017  from 10 to 17 hours. The following book related activities featured: Book Exhibition and Book Swapping; Watoto na Vitabu end of quarter fair; Meet the Author session where readers had a chance to converse […]