Who is a true Rwandan?

It’s really amazing that some people claim to be more Rwandan than others. Their argument being that one does not speak Kinyarwanda fluently.

Monday, September 24, 2007

It’s really amazing that some people claim to be more Rwandan than others. Their argument being that one does not speak Kinyarwanda fluently.

So for them, once a person does not know the language, he/she is not Rwandan and the moment a person is fluent in Kinyarwanda, then he/she is a true Rwandan. This judgement might be misleading.

I have seen many foreigners who are very fluent in Kinyarwanda and I have seen many true Rwandans who know little Kinyarwanda.

There should be a better way of handling this matter of nationality without capitalising on the language only.

Bugesera