On Saturday, 7 August 2019, together with a fellow Tanzanian writer, Justine Kakoko, we held a book launch event for my bilingual book ‘Jai The Albino Cow: Jai Ng’ombe Zeruzeru‘ in Sumbawanga, Tanzania. The event was attended by thirty-three children. Mostly were from Katandala Orphanage Center and some from the neighborhood. The day’s program began…
“Danloria: The Secret Forest of Germania” has been named a Winner in the John E Weaver Excellent Reads Book Award (in the Children’s: Adventure category). Danloria is a forest located in the seven hills of Germania. Not everyone in Germania knows about the forest. Stan is a little boy who enjoyed visits to the forest…
Munich, Saturday 1 October 2016 Saturday 1 October 2016, saw the first ever WoChiPoDa (Welt-Kinder-Gedichte-Tag) celebrations in Germany. The event, which took place at EineWeltHaus in Munich, was organised by Diana Mac Omolo through the guidance of the WoChiPoDa founder Gloria D. Gonsalves under the theme “Free Your Creativity!”. The day’s programme aimed at bringing…
Dar es Salaam, Friday 7 October 2016 Friday, 7 October 2016 saw the annual World Children’s Poetry Day (WoChiPoDa) celebrations taking place a second time in Tanzania. The event took place at Soma Book Cafe, Dar es Salaam. It was organised by poet Gonsalves Mpili and with support from a dedicated organising committee. Thirty three…
A poem is playing with many words which gives many giggles after a happy day or not so happy day. ~ Gloria D. Gonsalves Goal 4 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is Quality Education. Poetry can contribute to relevant skills of reading and writing. Poetry can teach children in a way that prose can’t. A…
Children, Auntie Glo is from Tanzania and now lives in the town of Koenigswinter, Germany. She has written three children’s books: a collection of Swahili tales, songs and facts about wild animals; a collection of diamond poems; and a story about a little boy who is taken on a visit to a secret forest by…
World Children’s Poetry Day (WoChiPoDa) maiden celebration was on Saturday, 4 October 2014. Together with the Tanzanian poet and founder of Arusha Poetry Club (APC), Mr. George Kyomushula, we organised an event for children in Arusha, Tanzania. I could not make it to Arusha and therefore an audio salutation–in my mother tongue Swahili–to the children…
Idea is born A photo by Paulo Coelho from one of his Saturday walks had a caption “Nature teaches more than philosophical books”. That is what exactly happened during a walk I took in the Fairy Tale Forest of Altenberg, Germany. It was Sunday, 25 May 2014. As we disappeared into the thick enchanting forest,…