Neema Komba
Chicken League
The boys took off their shirts and tossed them outside the field. Their sweaty small chests glistened in the sun. I envied the flatness...
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Neema Komba
- Feb 13
- 2 min
A novel beginning!
Happy 2023 in February!!! 2022 ended on the highest of notes for me. On November 24, 2022, I was announced as one of the winners of the...
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Neema Komba
- Oct 23, 2022
- 3 min
An ode to the beginner
Today, I got my first rejection as an academic writer. Some of you don't know this, but besides being a writer, I am also a doctoral...
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Neema Komba
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
My Mother Tongue
Check out my poem recently published by Brittle Paper! I am very excited to share this poem which found a home in Brittle Paper. I have...
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Neema Komba
- Jan 25, 2022
- 3 min
Songs of the Lupine
Long overdue, but I am finally sharing these poems from June, 2021, two of which were featured in the Finnish-African Literature Arts...
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Neema Komba
- Jan 6, 2022
- 18 min
Radio Street
I live on Radio Street, in Finnish, Radiokatu. Most days when my research gives me trouble, which it always does, I think of it as a sign...
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Neema Komba
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
Where is home?
No one lives in the house we grew up in. It smells like old dust, and in December when Dar es Salaam is hot and humid, it smells like wet...
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Neema Komba
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
Sunset
Gravity wins when the fiery sun falls into the glittering sea, and the sky stains with hues of red. A light breeze strokes the calming...
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Neema Komba
- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
Kipilipili
Mornings at my brother’s house is a hectic battle of wills between my niece, her mom, and a comb. My three-year-old niece winces and...
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Neema Komba
- Jun 17, 2020
- 1 min
Fishing with Mother.
By Neema Komba Every summer when the river dries up, mother and I go fishing. Mother stands in the middle of the river where there is...
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Neema Komba
- Oct 9, 2019
- 1 min
My very own site, finally!
I have wanted to create a website for my writing for quite some time, but I somehow never got to it. There was always one excuse after...
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