Category Archives: Platforms

Warsha ya Uboreshaji Kazi Shindano la Andika na Soma Inaendelea

Zimesalia siku mbili kuelekea kwenye kilele cha mzunguko wa tatu wa shindano la kumpata kinara wa hadithi fupi kwa wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari Tanzania maarufu kama Andika na Soma linaloratibiwa na kuendeshwa na taasisi ya usomaji na maendeleo (Soma). Mpaka sasa washindi kumi bora wamepatikana na wanaendelea na warsha kwaajili ya kuwajengea uwezo ili waweze […]

Thubutu School Workshops

Scope A combined total of 43 girls participated (20-Jangwani, 13-Makongo and 10-Zanaki) in the workshops took place concurrently on Saturday August 13th, 2016 and lasted 3-4 hours. Each school designated one teacher to provide support to facilitators before and after the workshop. Facilitators led each workshop using the Facilitators Guide (Appendix A) with slight variations; […]

Thubutu Facilitators Workshop

Scope The workshop took place on Saturday August 6th, 2016 at Soma Book Café and lasted seven hours. It was led by the Soma Executive Director (female) and Project Manager (male) and was attended by 6 female facilitators using a pre-prepared Facilitators Guide (see Appendix A). Objectives To draw from personal experience and identify various […]

New tittles – children books

Baraka Blackbird is bored with her home. Her friend the Mbuyu  tree tells her; Your wings are gift of freedom, so fly” she follows her friend’s advice and explores the new lands, makes new friends and discovers courage that can be archieved by facing one’s fears.This is a charming allegorical tale Tsh:  16000/= Furaha must […]

New tittles available at soma bookcafe

This book reproduces some of the leading judgements written by Justice Samatta. It highlights , in a critical fashion, some of the  high points of his beliefs and observations as embedded in his decisions and speeches Compiled and edited by Issa Shivji and Hamudi Majamba Tsh: 30,000/=   Why planning does not work presents a […]

Pambazuka’s Book Titles Available at Soma Book Café

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 […]

Soma literary Competition 2013/2014 on April 2014

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 […]

Book Launch at Soma Book Cafe On Tuesday,November 19th at 6:30 PM

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 […]