Monthly Archives: July 2019

Can Rwanda’s tall buildings turn into Intore dancers during earthquakes?

So, there you are, cosily sitting, standing, walking, or whatever, because you are on solid ground, right? Well, wrong! It’d seem the ground under your feet is as shifty as they come. “Shifty”, mind you, not in the sense of … Continue reading

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The killers of our kin, is their goose as good as cooked?

We’ve all lately heard stories of some Rwandan dissidents in the jungles of D.R. Congo not having a good time of it. Methinks the stories are turning out to be more than reliable. They may be reality playing out. Looks … Continue reading

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The burden of a name

Sylvestre Semajeri, my well-known homeboy, was back in town and even bubblier. Hardly had he greeted me than he enthused: “As we’d promised, we gave our daughter’s hand in marriage.” “Who is ‘we’ who ga –”, I tried to enquire … Continue reading

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The toxic, tsunamic turbulence crests this liberation ship has had to ride

July 5 2019 As Rwandans revel in the euphoria of commemorating 25 years of liberation, never should the seemingly insurmountable turbulences encountered on the way to this place escape their minds. The state of this nation today described as a … Continue reading

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