What's Happening with Neema?

Long overdue, but I am finally sharing these poems from June, 2021, two of which were featured in the Finnish-African Literature Arts...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...