Category Archives: Multimedia Storytellers Hub

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 […]

‘kalamu ndogo’ approach at the Alliance Française Arusha Book and Writing Festival

Demere Kitunga, Readership for Learning and Development—Soma ‘kalamu ndogo’ creative writing workshop in session BackgroundThe Soma Book Café was invited by the Alliance Française to participate in a Book and Writing Festival from 21st and 24th November 2020, to launch its library in Arusha. We shared the Soma story and experience in promoting reading and […]

Story with children at Soma

Soma believes strongly in the creative ability of children. It runs a Saturday morning programme called Watoto na Vitabu (Kiswahili for children and/with books). In 2019 with assistance from Neil Butcher & Associates, Soma began a pilot project—the Kalamu Ndogo (little scribes) book series to undertake a research and writing process with children on a […]

‘Kalamu Ndogo’

‘Kalamu Ndogo’ ni mfululizo mpya vitabu vya watoto vilizoandikwa na watoto chini ya Jukwaa letu na Kiota cha Simulizi cha Watoto na Vitabu. Kiota hiki ni nafasi ya watoto ya kulea vipaji na kujenga stadi za uandishi, simulizi ndani ya Mkahawa wa Vitabu Soma. Vitabu hivi vinatokana na utafiti wa majaribio wa jinsi ya kuwawezesha […]

Watoto na Vitabu Pre- meeting 01 11 2019

Pre-meeting of Watoto na Vitabu facilitators and researchers on to prepare for the coming workshop on Saturday 2nd November 2019 where children will meet, learn, and write stories of their own. Three best stories will be selected as winners and they will be given award.