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Imitari operated with purely cultural intentions.
Society

How traditional troupes in exile backed the liberation struggle

Wednesday, July 09, 2025
The New Times

How Rwanda was liberated from the songs of hate

Friday, July 04, 2025
British investigative journalist and author Linda Melvern, MP Amb. Fatuma Ndangiza, a member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Prof. PLO Lumumba, a prominent Pan-Africanist and rights activist, and Dr Alex Mvuka, an independent research consultant. Courtesy
Rwanda

'A standard of good governance’: Reflections on Rwanda at 31

Friday, July 04, 2025
During the liberation war, the RPF used to emulate the Amilcar Cabral model in which leaders and cadres learnt how to truly fulfil their role in the liberation struggle.

How ideological clarity secured Rwanda’s liberation victory

Friday, July 04, 2025
Ambassador Charles Murigande former minister, during the interview with The New Times in Kigali on June 18. PHOTOS BY Emmanuel Dushimimana
Rwanda

“We started from minus infinity”: Amb. Charles Murigande reflects on Rwanda’s liberation, rebirth, and youth responsibility

Friday, July 04, 2025
Students march during the celebration of independance of Rwanda that was approved in 1962

Why Rwanda and Cameroon don’t celebrate Independence day

Tuesday, July 01, 2025
Eight projects from Rwandan higher learning institutions have been recognized for their contributions to national unity, reconciliation, and national resilience. Courtesy

Ndi Umunyarwanda: Students rewarded for championing unity

Sunday, June 22, 2025
Jan Vansina distorted Rwanda’s history to serve colonial interests. Internet

How Jan Vansina distorted Rwanda’s history to serve colonial interests

Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Filip Reyntjens

Filip Reyntjens and the killing of common sense

Sunday, June 08, 2025
Gacaca courts, rooted in precolonial traditions of justice, were revived to foster accountability and reconciliation at the grassroots.

From Ngũgĩ to Gacaca: The ongoing struggle for epistemic liberation

Friday, June 06, 2025
Gregoire Kayibanda, former president of Rwanda and Anastase Makuza, Kayibanda’s minister and later a key figure in Juvénal Habyarimana’s regime, reinforced and propagated this ideology. Courtesy

The racial purity delusion: From bedfellows to butchers

Monday, May 26, 2025
Nturo village slowly rebuilding after 300 homes of Tutsi residents were burned to the ground by FDLR in October 2023.
Africa

Reckoning with Genocide ideology in the Great Lakes region: Deconstructing history, confronting the present, building peace

Saturday, May 24, 2025