During the 4th Book Bazaar on 26th October 2019, “Sparks in The Dark”:A poetry anthology written by primary students was launched.
Category Archives: Events
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Sep
Sep
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison known as Toni Morrison was born in February 18, 1931 in Chloe Ardelia Wofford and died in August 5, 2019 at New York City. She was an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. She decided to change her name to Toni Morison because she respected how […]
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Aug
Aug
Professor Mbele author of Africans and Americans Embracing culture Differences and Matengo Folktales books was invited to meet and convoke with the audience and promote his book and give a discussion on writing about Americans.
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Jul
Jul
Last night 4/7/2019 Soma and Sawti held a Poetry Open Forum for the participants of Sawti’s “Poetry as Preservation” workshop, who were also joined by other poets. We heard poems from the thought provoking “What should we preserve/ Who decide what is preserved” from Richard Mabala to a rib cracking “I love her” from the […]
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May
May
Richard Mabala, Nahida Esmail and Lubacha Deus successive winners of CODE’s Burt Award for African Literature were invited to meet and converse with their audiences about their writing journeys, experience of writing and promote their books and receive feedback from readers. During the session participants raised issues of our education system; that it doesn’t prepare […]
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May
May
Watoto na Vitabu Saturday program routinely organises an end of quarter fair, where children showcase their acquired reading skills and creative writing prowess. This time round the session was planned to coincide with the Book Bazaar. The event featured the following activities: Book Launch of children own story book titled, Turtle and Swan and Other […]
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May
May
Waka Poets facilitated a session with 2 poets from Art hub Zimbabwe attended by 15 participants. The poets, namely Tinashe Tafirenyika winner of National Arts Merit Award (NAMA) in spoken Word Poet in Zimbabwe 2017 and 2018 and Morset Billie were accompanied by Hub administrators
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May
May
Soma organized its 2nd Book Bazaar a Soma Book Café its literary hub and co-creation space on Saturday 27th April 2017 from 10 to 17 hours. The following book related activities featured: Book Exhibition and Book Swapping; Watoto na Vitabu end of quarter fair; Meet the Author session where readers had a chance to converse […]
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Nov
Nov
The workshop for the top 10 Andika na Soma 2017/18 Round 5 contestants begins next week at Soma. This will be concluded with a prize giving event/ceremony on 9/12/2018. This post will be updated until then.
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Nov
Saturday (1/12/2018) Soma had a Watoto & Vitabu Open Day for a day of fun and books. What Happened in Pictures