Human of Kigali

‘And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.’ – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) Founded in the nineteenth century at the pick of the British empire, spanning where the sun doesn’t set; in an era of the dominion of one race over another, the Economist might have remained wrapped into an ...

‘Don’t let them fool ya, or even try to school ya! Oh no! We’ve got a mind of our own, so go to hell if what you’re thinking isn’t right!’ – Bob Marley, Could you be loved.   On the closure of The Chronicles: The Chronicles frequently whitewashed Genocide ideologues and promoted unwarranted ethnic division and social tension. Such content sins ...

When our children ask, we’ll say we lived with heroes, we’ll relate stories of men, and tales of women, who gave their hearts, dedicated their youth, their minds for the love for this land, A land which took all from us, a place hard to live, a country which wisdom would advise to flee and avoid; that’s the country to ...

We may not like what President Donald Trump is saying about WHO, China and the world at large, in fact we do not like it at all, but he has a point, and acknowledging that would empower us to address him in earnest, with honesty and efficiency. The world is led by two things: Bombs and Dollars; a carrot and ...

Uriya ni Umusazi… I don’t know how many times I have heard that comment made to me: ‘uriya ni umusazi’. It is dismissively made by people who are made uncomfortable by one’s expressed freedom of thought. ‘That person is mad’. Rwandans who can’t argue with you, call you mad. What they don’t know is that ‘ubusazi’ as they call it, ...

When a book is that good, it’s almost impossible to match it with a film, Petit Pays – the film did it’s best. The descriptive talent of the author must have made it easier for the film director, but still, a faithful rendition of the opus magnum that is Gael Faye’s ‘Petit Pays’ – the book. Mr. Faye Snr, Gael’s father ...

La France, encore elle… Le Senat français s’apprête à accueillir les négationnistes du dernier génocide du 20e siècle. 26 ans après les faits, la responsabilité complice de la France dans le génocide perpétré contre les Tutsi entre Avril et Juin 1994 n’est plus à prouver. Des témoignages des chercheurs, des militaires français, mais surtout des survivants révèlent dans les moindres ...

Why are young people hired in top positions in Rwanda? In Greek mythology when Icarus’ father made him wings of wax to fly out of Greece, he warned him of complacency and hubris. Master Daedalus, Icarus’ father warned him to fly neither too low nor too high, so the sea’s dampness wouldn’t clog his wings nor the sun’s heat melt ...

An advanced class on etiquette.. Urban legend has it, President Kagame was traveling to the Eastern province and happened upon old sages sipping on local Kanyanga as the cows grazed nearby. The ever pious that he is, advised them to stop drinking so early. The elders shook their heads in disbelief, the most eloquent among them begun, clearing his throat ...