Readership for Learning and Development otherwise known as Soma has received funds from Women Fund Tanzania (WFT) to implement a Multimedia Feminist Storytelling, Documentation and Archiving project. This endeavor is meant to complement feminist herstory making efforts by the Wanawake Historia Yetu-Fahari Yetu Coalition coordinated by the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP), as a platform […]
Category Archives: Poetry
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Oct
Oct
“A combination of sugar, spice everything nice, They are God’s creation the mothers of Tomorrow” by Princessia Mrema From her poem titled “Girls” from the book Sparks in the Dark
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Jul
Jul
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 […]
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May
May
Poetry as Preservation: Exploring East African Narratives This is one in a series of workshops titled Poetry as Preservation aiming to explore local heritage whilst focusing on language and the impactof borders have on how individuals choose to identify. It targets young Tanzanian poets who are interested in continuing this conversation and adding to the […]
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May
May
Waka Poets facilitated a session with 2 poets from Art hub Zimbabwe attended by 15 participants. The poets, namely Tinashe Tafirenyika winner of National Arts Merit Award (NAMA) in spoken Word Poet in Zimbabwe 2017 and 2018 and Morset Billie were accompanied by Hub administrators
As part of the global commemoration of the Centenary of Ireland’s 1916 Rising, on 17/06/2016, Soma is collaborating with the Embassy of Ireland to celebrate the creative agency of women in the liberation struggles in Ireland and Tanzania. This is an acknowledgement and a remembrance of women’s rightful place in our collective histories and a […]
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Nov
Nov
Greetings everyone, Hope you are well in your various abodes within and outside Dar es Salaam. We met once again on Tuesday 12th at Soma Book Cafe for UWAKE. Present were Jasper, Clara, Calister, Caroline, Pauline and Lola. A cozy six the theme was ‘Circle’ and we heard four poems on the theme. Namely ‘Everlasting […]
Hello Ladies and Gents, Hope you’re well and kicking. Our last meet on the 29th of November was with Jasper, Chris, Roohi, Jolson, Pauline, Carol and Danstan. The theme explored was ‘Joy’ and we had four poems on theme by Carol. Jasper, Chris and Pauline. As well a couple more out of theme. We also […]
Mabibi na Mabwana, Salaam! Greetings Ladies and Gents, Hope you’ve had a good two weeks. Karibuni tena kesho pale Soma Book cafe kwa usiku wa mashairi mwanana. Mada ni ‘Joy’-‘Furaha’. Apologies for not sending the moots of our last session earlier… On our last meet on the 15th of Oct, present were Demere, Jasper, Happy, […]
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