SUMMARY BRIEF Readership for Learning and Development—Soma in collaboration with The Sweden Embassy and Mkuki na Nyota Publishers will be organizing a Children’s Literature Festival from 16th to 19th November 2021 in multiple locations. Soma Book Café will host the festival on November 17. Among others, the event will engage children in storytelling and innovation […]
Category Archives: Meet the Author
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On Thursday 30th January 2020 Taswira Met to discuss If She Were Alive authored by Lubacha Deus. The author interacted with readers, key question being what role does the author has in mirroring society–as a spectator or critique? Gender relations as per status quo and their possibility for transforming also came to the fore. All […]
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During the book bazaar event, Dickson Mtalaze launched his novel titled “Kijiji Kisicho na Makaburi” and the famous author Richard S. Mabala was his guest of honour who launched the book. Richard Mabala is a poet and a recognized writer of Secondary school English readers. His writings include Mabala the Farmer, Hawa the Bus Driver. […]
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“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
During the 4th Book Bazaar on 26th October 2019, “Sparks in The Dark”:A poetry anthology written by primary students was launched.
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Professor Mbele author of Africans and Americans Embracing culture Differences and Matengo Folktales books was invited to meet and convoke with the audience and promote his book and give a discussion on writing about Americans.
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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 […]