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 […]
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Heyloe Ladies and Gents, We met again last Tuesday at Soma Book Cafe, we had four new members (Ngasuma, Esther, Eliya and Lisa) and together (Carol, Pauline, Kido) seven of us made the session. The theme was ‘The hand that feeds you’ we heard three poems on theme and two others. Namely ‘Lost in the […]
Hello Ladies and Gents, We met again this Tuesday at Soma Book Cafe in Dar es Salaam. Six of us were present, namely Paulina, Caroline, Demere, Tendai, Jasper and Bandele. You’d think we’d leave early but we made till 10pm. The theme for this session was ‘Sexism’. We were pleased to also receive poems via […]
Mabibi na Mabwana, Karibuni tena washairi na wapenzi wa ushairi usiku wa leo pale Mkahawa wa Vitabu Soma tughani, tuchambue na kufurahia tungo zetu. DHamira ya leo ni tungo tata kwani inadai tatizo. je, ni ufumbuzi, utatuzi au ni nini? shairi lako linaweza kulifummua fumbo hili…. kwa maelekezo ya njia, tazama ramani yako ya google […]
Hello Ladies and Gents, We met again last week Tuesday, we had with us three new members. Bandele, Dimple and Hayqal. Altogether we were seven of us, the theme was Hip Hop and poetry. We heard a recently released Hip Hop track shot by Zavara featuring other African Diaspora artists like Nasambu and the group […]
Greetings Everyone, Last Tuesday we saw another meeting for UWAKE with eight of us present. We got to hear six poems; namely ‘Msongamano’ by Siobhane, ‘Traffic’ by Demere, ‘Samahani Sogea’ by Caroline and a short story by Jacqueline; all on theme. Outside the theme but equally inspiring were ‘Fallen Bride’ by Ezekiel, ‘Feelings Inside’ by […]
UWAKE met again last Tuesday on the 30th of April. Despite the heavy rains and traffic we had 6 and a Half. The half is Ibrahim (he was a bit busy) as well Caroline, Siobhane, Happy, Beatrice, Rose and Jommu.. The theme was identity. We had three poems under the theme namely, ‘Self Portrait’ by […]
UWAKE is the name for the poetry club meeting at some twice a month, coordinated by Caroline Uliwa. The first session took place on the 2nd of April at Soma Book Café. There were six of us. Poetry renditions include: ” The Dance” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer; ‘No title’ by a Tanzanian Activist, ‘Siasa Gani Hii’ by […]
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