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 […]

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 […]

Vavagaa (literally meaning trend) to originate and disseminate content emanating from day-to-day experiences of women (and men) on issues related to gender equality. The aim is to engage average women and men in defining their own notion gender equality based on their everyday life experience relation informed by tradition and modernity aspirations for transformation with which to navigate and negotiate individual and collective norms fostering dignity of both genders to propel them through the 21st century.

Therefore, Vavagaa packages feminist knowledge and information with freshness and diversity of content and mobilizes large audiences, audience feedback, and generating interest and participation among diverse groups of women’s rights activists at national and grassroots levels to become news producers and users.  The show first started just as an online talk show, then expanded to […]