Watoto na Vitabu at Book Bazaar April 2019

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 […]

Poets Meetup

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

Visit from Board President of Books for Africa

Soma was honored to receive Jote Taddese, Board President of Books for Africa accompanied by David Robinson, Books for Africa Ambassador. The latter is also founder of Bara Village Community Resource Centre in Songwe, together with his friend Dr Julius From Water Read Foundation ; currently looking into working partnership with Soma Book Cafe to […]

A Visit from USAID

A visit from the USAID Mission Director Andy Karas at Somabookcafe on Saturday 23rd March 2019.  A tour to the bookshop with Soma’s ED Mama Demere Kitunga.

Bado siku nne!

Tunawakumbusha walimu wa shule zote kuendelea kuhimiza wanafunzi kumalizia kuandika na kukutumia hadithi zao kwaajili ya shindano la Andika na Soma mzunguko wa sita. Mwisho wa kupokea hadithi ni tarehe 30 Machi 2019. Bado kuna muda wa kuwasilisha hadithi yako fupi kupitia hapa.

Andika na Soma 2017/18 Round 5 Prize Giving

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.  

Q4 2018 Children Open Day

Saturday (1/12/2018) Soma had a Watoto & Vitabu Open Day for a day of fun and books. What Happened in Pictures [ux_gallery ids=”3852,3853,3854,3855,3856,3857,3858,3859,3860,3861,3862,3863″ style=”shade” type=”masonry” col_spacing=”xsmall” columns=”3″ animate=”fadeInUp”]

Shindano la hadithi fupi mzunguko wa tatu: Kifungilo yaibuka kidedea

Kinyang’anyiro cha kumpata mshindi wa shindano la kuandika hadithi fupi kwa wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari nchini – Andika na Soma, linaloendeshwa na taasisi ya usomaji na maendeleo – Soma chini ya udhamini wa ubalozi wa Denmark  kimefanyika mwishoni mwa wiki tarehe 14/10/2016. Katika tukio hilo mwanafunzi Eliana Ludovick Swai wa shule ya sekondari ya […]