Meaning "may you have a cow," Girinka has played a huge role in bringing society back together. Cows are held in high regard in Rwanda, a ticket out of and an assurance against the toughest forms of poverty. And when a cow has a calf, it's expected that its owners will give the newborn to their neighbor.
The idea is to foster community through traditional means. You can't betray someone who gives you a cow. The importance of cows in Kigali is on show at the King's Palace Museum , which is home to a herd of long horned Inyambo cattle. These cows hold regal status in Rwanda. They are serenaded and pampered, afforded the kind of luxury that today's wealthy tourists would expect.
For him and everyone at the King's Palace, it's clear just how much the Inyambo are revered and why cows play such a vital role in bringing people together.
Entrepreneurs at the ready. Mathias Kalisa is one of a new generation of entrepreneurs in Kigali. It's not just traditions that are being used to help create a new Kigali.
Mathias Kalisa is a young entrepreneur utilizing one of Rwanda's greatest exports, coffee, to show just how this city has changed and developed over the past 25 years. He is typical of the younger generation here, who have created an energy and togetherness that can be felt on the streets. Kalisa owns Rubia Coffee Roasters , which has garnered a reputation for its delicious beans. Despite the horrors of that time, Kalisa does not believe there is a chance of Kigali, and Rwanda at large, going back to that time.
This same energy can be found in Joselyne Umutoniwase , a designer and the creative force behind Rwanda Clothing. Like Kalisa, she is on a mission to show a new and different side to Kigali. The clothes Umutoniwase makes are designed to shift perceptions.
Joselyne Umutoniwase's fashion designs help broadcast the creativity of Rwanda. Umutoniwase started her business in , using branding techniques that weren't commonplace in Rwanda at the time. She says that she's offering more than just clothes to tourists and fashion-conscious locals. I sell the image. I sell the creativity, the energy of the people. I sell the dream of the people who want to move forward.
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The world of travel is in flux, with travel restrictions and visa information continually changing. But over the past 25 years, and specifically over the last decade, Kigali has been transformed — by president Paul Kagame, by new laws and policies, and primarily by the people who live there — into what may be the most inviting city in Africa.
And though there are many factors that have led to its solid infrastructure and its booming development, one thing stands out as the organising principle: umuganda. On the last Saturday of every month, between and , at least one person between the ages of 18 and 65 in every Rwandan household must get outside and clean, fix or do maintenance work.
And though you can now be fined for repeatedly skipping your umuganda duties without a reason, everyone I spoke to about it is in favour of the nation-wide ritual of pitching in. Sitting in local chain Bourbon Coffee there are branches in Washington, DC, and Cambridge, MA, as well , Esperance, who runs a guest house and cultural education service for visiting students and tourists, explained how — and why — it works. Each cell has a WhatsApp group to organise and keep in touch.
You meet. Umuganda is to socialise, too. Plastic bags have been outlawed here for years in fact, a government-mandated announcement on my flight instructed me to go through my belongings and leave any plastic bags on the plane. Though even casual mention of those groups is now outlawed — Esperence told me that though I as a tourist was perfectly free to talk and ask questions, if she was overheard talking to other Rwandans and referring to people as Tutsis or Hutus, she could be arrested — the fundamental discord in this nation has been profound.
Umuganda is another practice that seeks to reinforce the official notion that there are no more groups; that everyone in Rwanda is simply Rwandan. As we walk through the four-level Kimisagara market, Izere tells me how she thinks a tourist should best explore her city. She says the most common traditional dish is sweet potatoes boiled with beans.
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