Mfite Ishema ryo kuba Umunyarwanda (Proudly Rwandan)

A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity, such as bananas, and is typically governed by a dictator or the armed forces. Banana republic is a pejorative term for a small, often Latin American , Caribbean or African country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture, and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy and corrupt clique.[citation needed] In most cases they have kept the government structures that were modeled after the colonial Spanish ruling clique, with a small, largely leisure class on the top and a large, poorly educated and poorly paid working class of peons . The term was spooned by O. Henry , an American humorist and short story writer, in reference to Honduras . "Republic" in his time was often a euphemism for a dictatorship, while "banana" implied an easy reliance on basic agriculture and bausually presided over by a dictatorial military junta that exaggerates its own pckwardness in the dev...

Various activities took place in new york city organised by different groups at the Center for holocaust studies. On the occasion of Rwanda’s 14th Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide, this event will aim to remember the more than million lives lost in Rwanda in 1994; to highlight the current conditions in Rwanda, and to reassert our commitment to actively remember Rwanda and the lives lost by helping survivors and fighting to prevent genocide worldwide. Participants will include Rwanda genocide survivors, Rwandan government representatives in U.S, members of the Rwandan Diaspora, and renowned genocide prevention activists. I attended and for more information visit; www.survivor'sfund.org Genetically speaking, you and I are 99.9% identical, so why the HATE? Jacqueline MurekateteJacqueline's Human Rights Corner http://www.miraclecorners.org/programs_partner_jacqueline.htm

The topic of free speech is one of the most contentious issues in liberal societies. If the liberty to express oneself is not highly valued, as has often been the case, there is no problem: freedom of expression is simply curtailed in favor of other values. Free speech becomes a volatile issue when it is highly valued because only then do the limitations placed upon it become controversial. The first thing to note in any sensible discussion of freedom of speech is that it will have to be limited. Every society places some limits on the exercise of speech because speech always takes place within a context of competing values. In this sense, Stanley Fish is correct when he says that there is no such thing as free speech. Free speech is simply a useful term to focus our attention on a particular form of human interaction and the phrase is not meant to suggest that speech should never be interfered with. As Fish puts it, “free speech in short, is not an independent value but a political pr...

Dear Friends, I would love to share with you alittle bit about the most questions I have been asked by students, business people and academicians in 5 states that I have been todaday; 1. Where is Rwanda located 2. Who is your president now after Rusesabagina? 3. Do you think Genocide will never happen again? 4. Are you a tutsi or hutu? 5. what is the status of corruption in the Rwanda? 6. Rwanda doesnt have freedom of speech, what do you think? 7. Rwandan coffee is delicious and you have good golirra. 8. You business environment is not free, how do you urge us to invest in Rwanda? 9. But africa is corrupt and miserable, why do I have to invest? 10. what do you think about Darfur? Your country is stilling gold in DRC, what id your opinion? these are the information and questions I have been asked at almost 6 Universities now, 2 High schools, more than eight dinners and fundraiser and ofcourse personal contact. How do we change the face of Africa? do you feel concerned with this face of ...

I was sitted in my room in Newyork, I skyped as usual to talk to my friends and family. I made a call and talked to my children as they screamed where are you mom and after that I called my friend Kabonero who gave me bad news ever since long time that we have been friends. the news was that one of my friend, workmate,neighbour and fellow activist have passed away; I didnt buy it at first because I thought what he was talking didnt make sense, I had to switch him off and tried to call other firends that were more reliable on this issue than he was; I called Shema (shamakokera) unfortunately he didnt pick my phone and then I called one of my best friend Joseph who confirmed to me that what I had heard was real. I couldnt understand it , I was so much downhearted because of many reasons that my friends who know him would clarifiyfy. We as young people, we lost a role model. Minani Rwema Celestin to those who dont know him was an artist, activist and a socialist; please visit http://allaf...

This was another day, Saturday after a long night, we had dinner with friends; infact my best friends Laura and John and my sister Elizabeth. To talk about food here; food here is not familiar to me and all I do is ask Elizabeth to laways choose for me becuase she knows the atste of Africa and since when I arrived I have been living on pata (amacaloni) nibwo ninza nararwaye bwaki muzamenye impamvu. hano ubuzima ni Coffee and bread so dont think they have bananas, fresh beans and all we have in our streets; nukuri iwacu ni heza sinzi niba neranya na Kabonero, yego hano n'umujyi ariko tubayeho neza peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I love you guys.

Hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, We have this big party and the Zulu performers were invited. I know you will be jealous but it was a nice evening and we had more than 500 young New Yorkers in our event. it was cool. We actually partied and fundraised so dont think we only ate, drunk and danced, we had to remember those who cannt. I guess I will just post pictures and you will tell what happened. Ntimugasaze ibyiza biri imbere.

While in New york I had scheduled a million appointments and I had to meet all the people I had scheduled so here I go; meeting the Freedom House; Freedom House is a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world. Since its founding in 1941 by Eleanor Roosevelt, Wendell Willkie and other Americans concerned with the mounting threats to peace and democracy, Freedom House has been a vigorous proponent of democratic values and a steadfast opponent of dictatorships of the far left and the far right. I had gone to school to learn about democracy, media and freedom of speech; I learned alot including the ranking of Rwanda in the freedoms ngaho namwe nimurebe; http://www.freedomhouse.org/ then visit rwanda; you will see how we are ranked. Then another interesting organisation I visited was the Committee to protect journalists; do you think it was worthy to visit them? do you think there is need to protect journalists? I need your input but to see what they do visit http://www.cpj.org...

Haaaaaaa, The 3rd of April still in New york, Since I arrived in USA, this was my first day to speak kinyarwanda, my local language as I was meeting this special woman who have impacted many genocide survivors lives. she heads the SURF Rwanda and have been working with genocide survivors SINCE 1998. It was agood opportunity for me to share experience and learn from her. I was so excited to see her and you cannt imagine meeting a rwandan in New York; birashimisha. we discussed for a couple of good hours and I was actually asking alot of questions (here they call them Q&A) she shared her experience with us and we had to depart and she invited me to the commemoration activities that were scheduled in New york. for more information just go http://www.survivorsfund.org/ and here I was excited because I expected to see other rwandans who live in New york and the nearby. so keep your eyes open.

The 30th was a big deal; we met these young New york Ladies who started up a non profit Lwala (Living With A Life-long Ambition) – which is a youth based organization that employs innovative ways to involve youth in fundraising efforts for worthy causes. Their goal is to connect youth with tangible solutions for epic problems. so here we discussed and these young brilliant newyorkers were supprised to hear things like Genocide, reconciliation and all the other processes we talk about in Rwanda.the questions involved how do you unite people after Genocide? what caused Genocide? where was the International Community? do you have UN agencies in Rwanda? where were them during Genocide?where is actually Rwanda located? can we come and visit? then one who new Africa have been to Kenya and she was asking if we have poverty like the one she saw in Kenya? what would you answer? anyways, they are coming to Rwanda before the end of this year; those who are interested in meeting them get set for t...

The morning of the 30th was the evening of the 30th in Kigali, Now that I have arrived safely, I had to make sure people back home hear from me; here i go to skype to call my children there phone was off; I was scared, called all the phone at home no one responded; ofcourse I started imagining what happenned but the fact was I had called almost in the mid of the night when I expected it to be early; I picked my phone quickly called my friend Kabonero; he picked my phone in a very deep sleep; I asked, charles you are not talking what happened and he just heard my voice in long distance and walk up to talk to me; he said this 2 am in Rwanda; how was your journey and the rest call me or him to know what we talked about but the fact was we have 7 hour difference in time with Washington DC. So I didnt like geography in my whole life and here I start to regret the classes I used to not attend. he assured me that my children were safe through one of his common words feel free; they are ok. Ha...

Dear friends, I am now sitted in a friends apartment in Seattle;one of the coolest places of USA, it is very cold now and I am almost freezing compared to the climate that I have been familiar with since I was born. I arrived in the evening of wednesday after a 6 hour flight from Tampa Florida where I had camped for 8 days. In this city, everything is very beautiful considering the beauty of Pacific ocean and this is the westcoast in geography for those who are poor in geography like me. I would love to bring you back to my month journey and share with you the experience of my journey. I arrived in the USA, on the 29th of March at Dallas International Airport with Ethiopian Airlines flight that had took a 36 hours to destination. The first welcome note I saw at the airport was a video that actually welcomes everybody to the USA and one word I picked from htere was make sure there are no food stuffs, medicines and lotions in your bag. I didnt have any but I had packed a bag rwdana coffe...

Welcome to my blog; I would love to tell every one that It is my pleasure to share with you my experience as I travel for the first time in the USA. I wl like to highlight that before I prepared myself to set off, I had come from Kampala, Ugamda where I had spent 10 days with other 40 young rwandans where we had been participating in the Afro Arab tyouth festival; I will talk about this festival; it was the most disorganised but important festival I have ever seen; we were discussing critical issues like democracy, good governance, human rights, rule of law and all those things that you would imagine, it was officially opened by HE the president of Uganda;Yoweri Kaguta Museveni; one the most once loved president in Africa; I personally love and admire him second to Rwigema Fred (the rwandan hero), he urged the youth to participate and come up with good reccomendations; young people worked hard through the 10 days and they really came up with good reccomedations of which was supposed to...