Category Archives: Kestoria Kavazi

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 […]

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL & 5TH BOOK BAZAAR

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 […]

Meet the Hadithi Zetu Artists

Readership for Learning and Development–Soma with the support from Women Fund Tanzania Trust are proud to profile young promising female storytellers who will research and produce original works on feminist issues in Tanzania using any creative form (genre) and media tool of their choice. #HadithiZetuChallenge

Multimedia Feminist Storytelling, Documentation and Archiving!

Soma is initiated and led by feminist women and its programme is couched in feminist approaches and ethos. Our current mission is to permeate feminist ethos into mainstream literature, as well as cultural and popular media, by working with knowledge producers through using creative and cultural forms. We draw inspiration from the feminist sisterhood around […]

Soma yaadhimisha Siku ya Wanawake Duniani Kivingine

Soma imetumia jukwaa lake la Gulio la 5 la Vitabu/Book Bazaar la robo ya kwanza ya 2020 lililofanyika tarehe 07/03 kuadhimisha Siku ya Wanawake Duniani na miaka 25 ya Mkutano wa Beijing. Kulikuwa na Kongamano, Utambaji wa Mashairi, Uzinduzi wa Vavagaa–kipindi cha TV ya mtandaoni juu ya masuala ya jinsia. Kama kawaida kulikuwa na usomaji […]