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Run Free by Richard Mabala Available Now

Rehema and Clara are friends but the class differences between their families, engineered by Clara’s father, draws them apart. Rehema, whose father is a mason, has a loving family but she has to stuggle hard to get an education.Clara and her brother Patrick are well provided for in all their education needs, but their father’s […]

U-wake Poetry Meet Tonight

Mabibi na  Mabwana, Karibuni tena washairi na wapenzi wa ushairi usiku wa leo pale Mkahawa wa Vitabu Soma tughani, tuchambue na kufurahia tungo zetu. DHamira ya leo ni tungo tata kwani inadai tatizo. je, ni ufumbuzi, utatuzi au ni nini? shairi lako linaweza kulifummua fumbo hili…. kwa maelekezo ya njia, tazama ramani yako ya google […]

Siku ya Ukombozi wa Afrika/African Liberation Day 25th May 2013

Je, Afrika Huru ina maana gani kwako? Karibu Mkahawani Soma tutafakari pamoja na kubadilishana uzoefu wa harakati zetu mbalimbali za kujikomboa na kulikomboa bara letu kutoka kwenye mifumo yote kandamizi; tuutafakari muktadha wetu; tunoe na kuibua fikra na mbinu mpya za harakati. Uga huu umeratibiwa na ALD tawi la Tanzania. Kwa maelezo zaidi soma aya […]

Uwake Poetry Club last Session Update and Invitation…

Greetings Everyone, Last Tuesday we saw another meeting for UWAKE with eight of us present. We got to hear six poems; namely ‘Msongamano’ by Siobhane, ‘Traffic’ by Demere, ‘Samahani Sogea’ by Caroline and a short story by Jacqueline; all on theme. Outside the theme but equally inspiring were ‘Fallen Bride’ by Ezekiel, ‘Feelings Inside’ by […]

Poetry Club :Last two sessions review!!

UWAKE is the name for the poetry club meeting at some twice a month, coordinated by Caroline Uliwa. The first session took place on the 2nd of April at Soma Book Café. There were six of us. Poetry renditions include: ” The Dance” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer; ‘No title’  by a Tanzanian Activist, ‘Siasa Gani Hii’ by […]

“UWAKE” Poetry Club @ Soma Book Cafe

Beginning from 2nd April 2013, Soma Book Cafe have been hosting a Poetry meet up twice a month.  Hosted by Caroline Uliwa, herself a poet it promises to be dynamic and interesting. It has as its main purpose to provide a safe space for emerging poets to hone their skills and build confidence for public […]

Walter Rodney: A Promise of Revolution – Dar Es Salaam:Film Screening @ Soma Book Cafe

Dear Friends an fans of Soma We have the pleasure to share with you Clairmont Chung’s revisiting the life and work of Walter Anthony Rodney, a pan-African historian and activist who worked and became part of the 1970s vibrant debates on Africa’s liberation at the University of Dar es salaam. This is beautifully done in […]