Tag: Rwanda
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Meet Stella Tushabe – Rwanda’s First Female Saxophonist
Meet Stella Tushabe, Rwanda’s first saxophonist. One of Stella’s goals is to use her saxophone “to empower women to join the fields that they think should only be for men. she wants to encourage girls to be daring, to join music, to just do whatever they want to do”
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Meet Jody-Layne; One of Africa’s greatest creative minds
Jody-Layne Surtie is a creative producer who has honed his skills through grabbing every opportunity that came his way and making the most of it.
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‘Ancient World’ Poem – Performance by Naleli Rugege
A revealing poem that was written by Afroshow Productions Rwanda and performed by Naleli Rugege during the opening ceremony of the Next Einstein Forum 2018 in Kigali Rwanda.
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Kundwa Doriane – Catching up with Miss Rwanda 2015
In the next 5 years, I hope I can inspire more young Rwandans at home and abroad to start their own businesses or even follow their own dreams in the arts, academia, sports and other domains.
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Anthony Gebrehiwot – My African story & life behind the lens
My parents met in Kenya many years ago,where my father was working as an electrician and my mother was running from the danger that was present in Rwanda at the time. I never had the luxury of meeting any of my grandparents.
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African Design Centre opens in Kigali
African Design Centre; “Bauhaus of Africa” is a new educational program that seeks to address the current dearth of professional designers across the continent. ADC, which opened its doors in Kigali this past fall, aims to be a fellowship-based hub of creativity, innovation and education that will be integral in building the houses, schools and…
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Interview with Louis Antoine Muhire: Founder & CEO MERGIMS
Louis-Antoine Muhire: Founder & CEO MERGIMS Solutions My name is Louis-Antoine Muhire and I’m the founder and CEO of MERGIMS. I was born in eastern province of Rwanda specifically in Bugesera, in the early eighties. I am a college graduate from New Medias at Ottawa University. I have two bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Public Relations for social causes and…
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The Exodus: Moses Gashirabake Journey back home
Since the 1994 Rwandan crisis, I had not had an opportunity to go back to Rwanda. My recent and first visit since 1994 happened in December 2014.We escaped to Kenya during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. We briefly passed through Congo (then Zaire). Growing up outside Rwanda, as a stateless refugee was both challenging…
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#KWIBUKA20: Let’s Talk Mental Health
Our community was greatly affected by the genocide and exposure to so many traumatic events that left so many children, women and men having to live with haunting memories and who have to find ways to cope with life and post genocide scars.
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Kwibuka20; Twenty Years In The Mind Of A WarChild
20 years ago this week, Rwandans who had long believed that God walked the world during the day and slept in Rwanda were left to deal with the worst possible evil when God presumably forgot about the tiny African country!! As we commemorate 20 years since the genocide I’ve found courage to share a little…