• 6 Mlingotini Close, Plot No 53 Regent Street, Regent Estate
  • info@soma.or.tz
  • +255 673 014 071
  • 6 Mlingotini Close, Plot No 53 Regent Street, Regent Estate
  • info@soma.or.tz
  • +255 673 014 071
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Our Team

A Feminist Hub for Storytelling and Social Change

Meet Our Founder.

Demere Kitunga

Demere Kitunga is a Tanzanian feminist, publisher, and literacy advocate renowned for her dedication to promoting feminist ideology, social change, and literacy as tools for empowerment. As the founder of Soma Book Cafe, she envisioned and created a vibrant platform for interaction, learning, and collective growth. Through her work Demere has created platforms such as Vavagaa, aimed at challenging patriarchal norms and promoting gender equality through storytelling and community engagement and Kestoria Kavazi—a feminist storytelling archive that preserves and elevates women’s lived experiences, feminist movements and herstories. Under her guidance, Soma continues to serve as a dynamic space where ideas flourish, marginalized voices are amplified, and new possibilities for a just and equal society are imagined.

Meet Our Founder.

Demere Kitunga

Demere Kitunga is a Tanzanian feminist, publisher, and literacy advocate renowned for her dedication to promoting feminist ideology, social change, and literacy as tools for empowerment. As the founder of Soma Book Cafe, she envisioned and created a vibrant platform for interaction, learning, and collective growth. Through her work Demere has created platforms such as Vavagaa, aimed at challenging patriarchal norms and promoting gender equality through storytelling and community engagement and Kestoria Kavazi—a feminist storytelling archive that preserves and elevates women’s lived experiences, feminist movements and herstories. Under her guidance, Soma continues to serve as a dynamic space where ideas flourish, marginalized voices are amplified, and new possibilities for a just and equal society are imagined.

Our Team

Soma Book Café is powered by a passionate team of feminists, storytellers, and activists. From our founders to our program leads, we’re united by a shared vision of a gender-just world. Meet some of our key members:

Catherine Madebe

Catherine Madebe

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Daniel Maige

Daniel Maige

Finance and Administration Manager
Paulina George

Paulina George

Finance and Administration Officer
Dorothy Mchatta

Dorothy Mchatta

Programme Assistant Officer
Zainabu Mjanja

Zainabu Mjanja

Project Officer - Monitoring, evaluation and learning
Dorcas Kissava

Dorcas Kissava

Project Officer - Training and capacity building
Hedwiga Mtenga

Hedwiga Mtenga

KK Curation and content management officer

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Contact Information

  • Phone: +255 673 014 071
  • 6 Mlingotini Close, Plot No 53 Regent Street, Regent Estate
  • P. O. Box 106274 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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