Dear Dad, I am still writing to you. This time, my heart is heavy with a trend I see among our peers—parents who look at their children and beam with …
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Dear Dad, I have been thinking a lot lately about those thirty years you spent in exile as a refugee. I grew up hearing the stories, but I know I …
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It started with a simple “Where are you?” text on a quiet Sunday morning. “We are in Akagera National Park,” my sister-in-law replied, the digital text almost vibrating with the …
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Dear Dad, Few days ago, I attended a friend’s wedding that made me think deeply about you—and about Rwanda. The young people were dancing; Freely, and Confidently in modern styles …
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The promise of the midnight flight: Kagame’s vision and the rise of the University of Global Health Equity
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Swiss Alps in January 2019, casting long, golden shadows across Davos. For most world leaders at the World Economic Forum, the evening …
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Dear Dad, On a Sunday morning, I am seated here on a stone bench near the Kigali Heights roundabout, still catching my breath while the morning sun begins to warm …
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In 2006, a crucial moment in Rwanda’s educational history unfolded when President Paul Kagame visited Oklahoma Christian University (OCU) in the United States. While there, the university’s Board of Trustees …
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Dear Dad, This past Saturday, something you always wished for happened. Your last born—the little girl you left behind at thirteen—got married. When you died in 2009, she was …
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In a world preoccupied with political maneuvering, the truth sometimes needs a shock to break through. That shock came from Ambassador Martin Ngoga, Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, …
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As I drove from home to work this Monday morning, there were interesting scenes across the road from the Sonatubes roundabout to the Central Business District (CBD). This stretch, known …
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Some years back, an incident shook the core of Rwanda’s leadership during the National Dialogue, Umushyikirano, which President Paul Kagame was chairing. The event, which brings together key stakeholders including …
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When I arrived in Nairobi on Monday afternoon, the city pulsed with its usual pre-pandemic rhythm. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was alive with activity, the air thick with anticipation …
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