Price: Tsh 27,000/= The thirty-one African-born contributors to this book move beyond the linked dichotomies of victim/oppressor and victim/heroine to present their experiences of resistance in full complexity: they are at the forward edge of the tide of women’s empowerment that, at the start of the twenty-first century, is moving across the African continent. Contributions […]
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Greetings everyone, Hope you are well in your various abodes within and outside Dar es Salaam. We met once again on Tuesday 12th at Soma Book Cafe for UWAKE. Present were Jasper, Clara, Calister, Caroline, Pauline and Lola. A cozy six the theme was ‘Circle’ and we heard four poems on the theme. Namely ‘Everlasting […]
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ANDIKA NA SOMA-SHINDANO LA UANDISHI WA HADITHI FUPI Shindano la Hadithi Fupi kwa Shule za Sekondari linaratibiwa na Taasisi ya Usomaji na Maendeleo-Soma. Shindano hili hufanyika kila mwaka. Kuanzia mwaka 2014 kilele chake kitaangukia siku ya vitabu duniani ambayo ni tarehe 23 Aprili au karibu na tarehe hiyo. Siku hii huadhimishwa duniani kote kwa matamasha […]
Hello Ladies and Gents, Hope you’re well and kicking. Our last meet on the 29th of November was with Jasper, Chris, Roohi, Jolson, Pauline, Carol and Danstan. The theme explored was ‘Joy’ and we had four poems on theme by Carol. Jasper, Chris and Pauline. As well a couple more out of theme. We also […]
Please join us in celebrating the publication by Cambridge University Press of RACE, NATION, AND CITIZENSHIP IN POST-COLONIAL AFRICA: THE CASE OF TANZANIA By Professor Ron Aminzade On TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT 6:30 PM At SOMA BOOK CAFÉ Home Q4 2018 53 Mlingotini Close, Regent Estate, Dar es Salaam A brief presentation by the author […]
Mabibi na Mabwana, Salaam! Greetings Ladies and Gents, Hope you’ve had a good two weeks. Karibuni tena kesho pale Soma Book cafe kwa usiku wa mashairi mwanana. Mada ni ‘Joy’-‘Furaha’. Apologies for not sending the moots of our last session earlier… On our last meet on the 15th of Oct, present were Demere, Jasper, Happy, […]
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 […]
BOOK TITLE AUTHOR/EDITOR PRICE COMMENT African Sexualities- A Reader (672pp paperback) Sylvia Tamale 45,000.00 Special price African Women Writing Resistance (368pp paperback) Jennifer Browdy De Hernandez et al (eds) 27,000.00 Special price Africa’s Liberation the Legacy of Nyerere (216pp paperback) Chambi Chachage & Anna Casam (Eds) 25,000.00 Special price Aid to […]
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At the UWAKE poetry meet up at Soma Book Cafe on 20th August, teased by ‘Call Me’ for a theme three poets responded with:’What you’re thinking’ by Lisa; ‘Nipigie Call me by Demere and ‘Common Thread’ by Caroline. We also heard Two poems with no titles dedicated to ‘Father and Mother’ respectively from Steven as […]