Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Resumes on #15thFeb Courtsey of Valentines 2020

On Saturday 15thFeb Tontoma Bi Monthly Sessions will be resuming with a Valentines Edition at 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust in Kansanga Featuring Poetry Performances from Guest Poet Topito all the way from Comoros & Mac nrietta a Female who will be sharing Romantic Poetic Performances as part of celebrating this years Valentines Edition 2020. 

Tontoma to Host Arts Collaboratory Assembly Delegates on the 26th Sept at Uganda Muesum

As part of the Arts Collaboratory Assembly Meeting hosted by 32°East| Ugandan Arts Trust , Tontoma in Partnership with  32 East Ugandan Arts Trust & different Poetry Platforms in Kampala will meet on Thursday 26th Sept at the Uganda Museum.

Tontoma Sept Edition will feature talks  and Poetry Performances from Different Poetry Platforms in Uganda  from Kampala including Kwivuga, Babishai Niwe, Kelele, Kitara Nation, Katochi, Afroman Spice, Black Athem,Open Mic and Stubborn Poetry respectively  who will share about their poetry organizations they run and exchange with the Arts Collaboratory Assembly Delegates to see how they can work and collaborate with their respective art centers they run in different parts of the world. 

Below is the list of the participates from the Arts Collaboratory Assembly who will be sharing their work and role in the Arts Community in there different regions around the world.
 
You can find info about each organisation here: http://www.artscollaboratory.org/participants/
Poster Credit: Mos Opten

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session to Happen on First Friday every after one Month starting with the #5thJuly @32East Ugandan Arts Trust

The Monthly Poetry Night Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session  resumes on 5th July at there Old Home 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust/Kansanga  in partnership with African Nantindi where they will be presenting Two French Speaking Poets all the way from DRC Congo but currently Residing in Kampala Mugay Gideon & Hondi Mushagasha.

Also on the same Night there will be a New Female  Poetic Face Poet Pesh from African Nantindi who will be sharing her Poetry for the first time at the Tontoma Platform and  as  well open to the  Poetry Industry in Uganda at Large.

Also Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session will normally happen on first Friday  every after one Month at 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust in Kansanga.

Mugay Gideon @TontomaPoetryJazzSessionDecemberEdition2018

Mugay Gideon @TontomaPoetryJazzSessionDecemberEdition2018

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Resumes on 6th December in the Tontoma Xmas Special Edition

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Xmas Special Edition on 6th Dec will mark the end of year 2018 Sessions of Tontoma , Featuring Poetry Performances, Talks, Review of Tontoma Activities of 2018 and a Small Cocktail

Venue : 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust/Kansanga off Ggaba Road just Opp Bank of Baroda

Time: 8pm-10pm

Tickets : 5k only

Get Your Tickets at 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust Reception or Contact Joshua via 0704373142/ 0779763664

You are all welcome to join us as we end the year 2018.

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session to Host Polish & UK Based Poet Bohdan Piasecki on the 24th August

Bohdan Piasecki is a poet from Poland based in Birmingham. A committed performer, he has taken his poems from the upstairs room in an Eastbourne pub to the main stage of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from underground Tokyo clubs to tramways in Paris, from a bookshop in Beijing to an airfield in Germany, from niche podcasts to BBC Radio. In the UK, he regularly features at the country’s most exciting spoken word nights, festivals, and readings. He enjoys the creative chaos of big field festivals just as much as the composed concentration of literary events. 

Bohdan founded the first poetry slam in Poland before moving to the UK to get a doctorate in translation studies. He has worked as Director of Education on the Spoken Word in Education MA course at Goldsmiths University, and was the Midlands Producer for Apples and Snakes between 2010 and 2017. Since 2012, he has been a regular Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham. He currently holds the post of General Manager at Free Radical, a Birmingham-based company creating opportunities for young artists with an activist practice.

So catch Him Live on the 24th August at the Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Meet & Greet.

Venue: 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust Kansanga off Ggaba Road just after KIU University & Opp Bank of Baroda

Time: 8pm-9pm

Free Entry to you all.

Don't Miss.

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Resumes on 17th June with the Eid Al Fitr Special

Add caption

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Resumes on the 17th June with the Eid Al Fitr Special Edition

Eid al-Fitr translates as the ‘festival of breaking the fast’ and happens immediately after Ramadan, with festivity, day-time feasts and family gatherings. Customarily, family and friends dress up in new Eid clothes and visit each other’s houses bearing gifts. (expect traffic to increase in the days leading up to this, as people hurry to get new clothes, haircuts, henna and buy all the ingredients for their feasts). Many families will also visit the poor and needy in their own communities to make sure they have enough food and water to celebrate themselves. Charity is known as zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, and is particularly significant during Ramadan and the Eids.

So Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session will present on that day Poetry Showcases from Mos elm Poets ( Hawa Nanjobe K, Poetic Jamail , Lus the Poet and other regular poets in a way to celebrate Eid Al Fitr Special Edition.

Date: 17TH JUNE/SUNDAY
Venue: 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust/Kansanga off Ggaba Road just after KIU University
Entry: 5k
Time: 3pm- 6pm

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Resumes On 17th May with a Mothers Day Special Edition

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Resumes On 17th May with a Mothers Day Special Edition .

On the 17th May/Thursday Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session resumes back in May with a Mothers Day Special Edition featuring Different Poets and Music Acts. In this it will feature Poets from different Cultural Backgrounds, one from Nigeria JoeJoesKy Awo, Mugay Gideon all the way from DRC But residing in Uganda & Hip hop Artist Shirely May.

On the Same Day their will be a panel Discussion about the Current Poetry Issues in the Poetry  Industry called Tuwayemu Ne Audience where their  will be Guest Poet Kagayi Ngobi Peter after his Open Conversation /War on Fellow Poets , those who read their poems while performing on different platforms , which Kagayi describes Un professionalism as a Performance Poet.

So Catch all that On the 17th May /Thursday at 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust/Kasanga off Ggaba Road Just opp Bank of Baroda.
Entry: 5k
Time: 8pm-10pm

All Hosted by Rap Poet.

Netherlands Based Artist to Highlight at the Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Good Friday Special Edition

          SOPHIE VAN BREE & LIVE BEATS CREW TO HIGHLIGHT AT THE TONTOMA POETRY JAZZ SESSION GOOD FRIDAY SPECIAL EDITION                                                                                                                                                                                  After an Epic, Memorable Febuary Edition  which took place on Valentines Day, Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session is continuing its Journey in the Arts and Entertainment Community of Uganda, with so much public holidays happening in the every beginining of the year also Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session brings Poetry & Art Lovers with Special Editions on those different public  holiday dates on the Calender.

With a Fusion of Music, Poetry, Visual Art and Instrumentation the March Edition will feature a Guest Artist all the way from Netherlands and currently in Uganda Sophie Van Bree.

Sophie Van Bree Short Cv

photo Courtsey of the Artist

Sophie Van Bree is a Singer  from the Netherlands who write Intimate  Songs on the piano, guitar and Ukelele. Her Love  for Music started when she was a little girl.

Last Year  she did Contests, gigs and putted her first  EP 'THE  CHANGING FIRE' on Spotify. Now she is currently making  a documentary in Uganda as a Film and also will be making here some of her Music in Uganda.

So on the 30th March Sophie Van Bree(NED) with be sharing her Music alongside Krys Bahizi, Adrehelm Odd(TZ), Odur Art(UG), Aquila(Poet), and a hip Hop Beat Boxing Duo called Live Beats Crew (UG) at the Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session March Edition slated Good Friday Special Edition.


Date: 30th March/Good Friday
Venue: 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust/Kansanga off Ggaba Road .just after KIU University & opp Bank of Baroda.
Entry: 5k
Time: 8pm- 10pm

Don't Dare miss.

Highlights of Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Valentines Day Special Edition 2018

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session February Edition was a Celebration of Love in a Poetic Way and in different Arts Genres, with different showcases from Poetic Acts which incuded Adrehem Oddo from Tanzania, Odur, Lule Raymond, John Hillary Omony Afred , Kitaka ALex, Rap Poet , Black Poet(Open Mic Uganda) Music from Winnie Lado, Beat Boxer Scooter Caesar Obong and Bosco Nomad also incluidng a touch of Visual Art, the night was also dedicated to Late Ugandan Music Icon Mowzey Radio & Late Ugandan Poet , writer & Blogger Joel Benjamin alias Nevender RIP.

All happened at 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust Premises in Kansanga.

PC: Nabarilrwa Joanah Jojo

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session to Also Pay Tribute to Joel Nevender on the 14th Feb at their February Edition

Add caption

SAD NEWS!                                                                                                                                              With Deep Sorrow as Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session We want to send our Condolences to the Family , the Uganda Poetry Industry and the Entire Uganda Arts Industry for the loss of of a Writer, Reader , Reviewer, Blogger Listener and Poet Joel Benjamin Ntwatwa alias Nevender
Who news has come in that he has passed away or passed away .

With deep Sorrow We pray the Almighty Be with his Soul RIP Joel, Your Creativity and Life will always be Celebrated.

With that we shall pay our tribute to such an amazing creative on the 14th Feb at the Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Valentines Day Special Edition as well as to the Late Ugandan Music Icon Mowzey Radio as was communicated early on.

Venue: 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust/Kansanga off Ggaba Road just opp Bank of Baroda

Entry: 5k

Time: 8pm

See you all their.

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session will Dedicate their February Edition on the 14th Feb to the Late Ugandan Music Icon Mowzey Radio.

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session will  Dedicate the 14th Feb to the Late Ugandan Music Icon  Mowzey Radio.

As Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session slated Event on 14th Feb, as Poets Tontoma Poetry will as well pay its tribute to the Late Music Ugandan Icon Mowzey Radio. when we talked to the host of the poetry night, he said as Poets they will pay their tribute through different poems and same time play only the Late Mowzey Radio Music the all night of the Event which is slated to happen on Valentines Day at 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust/Kansanga off Ggaba Road & opp Bank of Baroda. Also Rap Poet the host added that their will also be Poets who will present love poems which include New Poetic Faces like Andrehem Oddo a Tanzanian & Currently based Artist in Uganda, to mention a few   
                                                                                                                               Artist Biography                                                                                                 Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo (1 January 1985^[ – 1 February 2018), also known as Mowzey Radio, sometimes refered to as Moses Radio, was a Ugandan musician. He was one of the main performers of the Ugandan music group Goodlyfe Crew together with Jose Chameleone's brother Weasel Manizo (real name Douglas Sseguya). Radio released his first solo song, "Tujja Kuba Wamu" in 2004 while at Makerere University before joining the Leone Island Music Empire in 2005. He started as a backup singer along with Weasel behind Jose Chameleone. His beautiful voice and talent saw him win women's hearts in the year 2005 after he had released a reggae love song called "Jennifer Njagala Ozine Amazina"; the official stage video for that song was filmed by popular Ugandan music promoter DJ Erycom. In the year 2006, Mowzey Radio released another song titled "Sweet Lady"; this was another masterpiece that introduced him to a large fan base in Uganda. In October 2007, Mowzey Radio, Weasel and Jose Chameleone toured the USA and the Caribbean. Before they returned home, Radio and Weasel had misunderstandings with their boss Jose Chameleone. Following disagreements between Chameleone and the two, they quit the group and formed Goodlyfe Crew, who became successful. Their first song was "Nakutadata", followed by "Ngamba" and so many other hits. He made music collaborations with musicians such as Rabadaba in the song "Ability" together with Weasel^[5], produced by Just Jose.

Radio and Weasel had many hits, including: "Ability", "Akapapula", "Bread and Butter", "Hellenah" ft David Lutalo, Juice Juicy, Lwaki Onnumya, Magnetic, Tukikole Neera, Mr DJ, Mukama Talya Mandazi, Ngenda Maaso, Nyambula, Nyumbani, Obudde, Potential, Sitaani, Zuena, and "Neera", which dominated incessantly on most radio and TV stations in Africa.

Radio died on 1 February 2018 at Case Clinic in Kampala Uganda,from head injuries sustained in an altercation at a club a few days earlier. His death came after president Yoweri Museveni had donated money to cover his hospital bills.

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Sessions Resumes in February with a Valentines Day Special Edition on the 14thFeb

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session resumes this year 2018 with yet another Poetic, Visualistic Musical Night slated Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session Valentines Day Special Edition which is happening on the 14th Feb on Valentines Day featuring New Poetic Faces in the Uganda Poetry Industry, including one from Tanzania by the names of Andrehem Oddo, then  Visual Artist and a Poet Od ur and Songstress and Poet all the Way from Sudan and currently based in Uganda Guitarist and Musician Winnie Lado, so when we talked to the host and co.founder of the Poetry Night, Rap Poet said that what makes this night special is that all the featured artists are new Faces in the Poetry Scene of Kampala which goes back from the main goal of the Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session which is Self Discover through Poetry which is also Tontoma's Motto. So the Event is happening at 32 East Ugandan Arts Trust/Kansanga the only  Visual Arts Centre in Uganda.

MENTAL SLAVES OF THIS THING by “Adre17”

I grew up perceiving love as something so

red color painted

Heart structured and red Rose flower-scented

Before coming up with my own definition

I agree with love having number of Translations

And none agreed to be the final conclusion

Love ain’t game of hide and sick

Where one you see you can’t just poke and pick.

See, that moment in love  helplessly we’re falling,

It starts just like an air raid-siren wailing

Against ignored attention strongly appealing, 
over somebody e’er dreamed or never.

We found ourselves in hearts’ detentions

Something operates just mysteriously as an

Iceberg wrecking MV Titanic in Atlantic,
and brings the impact of drowning the Motor Vessel.

‘Man-down!’ the floods are in the blood vessels,

altering regular heart-beats music too faster,

as if we’ve been racing against the Black Panther.

We lose control.

Some admit the heart ain’t smart but rather clever,

Some cry, some curse because they’d sworn

to surrender never,

But they get pulled over again,

they are gripped by the force as mysterious as

death magnetics, and they are Ghostly-haunted,

having the  uncounted sleepless nights.

There is no voice on this new heart’s choice,

we are so surprised, so astonished like the

congregation witnessing vandals defiling and

Stealing from the holy altar.

It’s defined as an active present,

we claim “it whispers from the distance” 
getting all we need and changing our perceptions.

Some believe taking the under-dose,

they insist being conscious, no be two legs-drowned,

tantamount to the overdosed,

they become so scattergun binoculars, 

the fools in stupor, Blindfolded moving objects-like,

unable to self-track their own foot-printed trajectories!

All falling with either sad or happy ending stories.

Sometimes it’s like snake’s venom causing death

call it Coup de Grace in some’s world-better-places. 
The rich say it can’t be bought still,

the torn-pockets claim not to get it all. 

We sometimes take it in a photograph,

viewing it from all possible angles, 
the obtuse coming up with critics,

the acute observing if “all is well”, frozen, 
he arts in frenzy, doomed in there where a shadow

never casts, and eyes don’t close.

Some looped in multiple spasms of anger,

in the battle against self-defeat,

hooked by vodkas, manhattans, the Gilbeys and all the liquors,

weeping with gusto while fighting for the ok,

trying to ignite the pop ups of joy which don’t promise to stay.

With this thing flying like a garden butterfly,

where some got lifetime hustles leaving no stone

unturned into forever searching for this thing.

As we struggle, repeatedly haunted

Defining itself as it’s worth fighting for

And that’s love For One you dying for

Remaining absolute surrendered defeated soldiers

None antagonistic, zombies to the inner orders

On so called this thing,

just sweeter as nothing

But still bitter like sting,

And we become the hard die, the solid “mental slaves of thing.”