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Twenty years after: How Rwanda has fashioned a new, post-genocide narrative

January 14, 2014

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While the wounds of genocide from 20 years ago cut deep, the word Rwanda is more than shorthand for tragedy. Since 1994, we have understood that only through meaningful engagement with the citizenry can we hope to build a functioning and stable society.  For recovery to be possible, for peace, security and freedom to take […]

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August 8, 2012

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Originally posted on Angelo Opi-aiya Izama:
Lobby, Speke Resort Munyonyo, August 8. There is a silence in the final declaration of the “extra-ordinary summit” of the Great Lakes as the curtains came down on Wednesday evening. It was not the departure, without much fanfare, of the Presidents. This summit was not big on delegations. The…

In the footsteps of Kabuga

July 9, 2012

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpxy4NxqboQ

We begin the next stage of our journey…

July 1, 2012

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Sunday 1st July 2012, I switch on my blackberry and check my twitter account. Today Rwanda is celebrating 50yrs of Independence and 18 yrs since the Rwandan Patriotic Front liberated the country on July 4th 1994. Thanks to the Rwandans on Twitter ( #RWot) and @kasujja’s live tweets from Amahoro Stadium, the coverage on Twitter is vibrant! […]

Frantz Fanon 1960

June 25, 2012

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“UN particularly in the current meeting is a reserve established by the Department to continue the armed conflict between two “peaceful struggle” for the division of the world” Dr. Frantz Fanon “The death of Lumumba: could we do otherwise?”  Africa Action, No. 19, February 20, 1960 included in “For the African Revolution” (1964) “L’ONU dans l’état […]