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Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba.
Education

Amb. Mutaboba urges authors to write, preserve Africa’s stories

Saturday, September 12, 2026
A book reader reviewing a new book in Kigali. File

Africa does not have a reading problem

Thursday, August 06, 2026
A pupil reads a book at Groupe Scolaire Kimironko II in Gasabo District. File
Education

How to develop children’s reading habit in the age of digital technology 

Monday, July 20, 2026
A photograph archived at the Kigali Genocide Memorial showing a list of some of the leading contributors to RTLM (Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines) during the 1990s. File photo

Will the pen that wounded heal?

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Jacques 'Mighty Popo' Murigande, an educator and mentor at Nyundo School, participating in the event was both an honor and an opportunity.
Music

Nyundo School talents shine at Kigali Fête de la Musique

Sunday, June 21, 2026
Youth entrepreneurs, who benefited from a job creation initiative, display their products at the Mulindi Agri-Show in Kigali. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi

The book industry: An overlooked engine of job creation

Thursday, June 11, 2026
A panel discussion at the fifth edition of the International Francophone Book Meeting in Kigali is taking place from March from 25-28.
Rwanda

Rwandan writers take stage at Francophone book meeting

Friday, March 27, 2026
State Minister Usta Kaitesi hands over the award to Arianah Atete Kagorora after earning the top prize in the 2024 East African Community (EAC) Essay Writing Competition.
Education

Meet Atete Kagorora, 14-year-old essay writer who scooped EAC top prize

Sunday, March 15, 2026
Africa is capturing only a “negligible percentage” of its wealth in music despite commendable reach worldwide. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

The black box problem: How Africa’s music money is lost in global systems

Monday, March 09, 2026
King Yuhi V Musinga gives an audience to two people with a disagreement, but with the supervision of a Belgian colonial administrator. EP.0.0.6127, collection MRAC Tervuren ; photo E. Gourdinne, 1918

The century-long struggle of the Tutsi in Africa’s Great Lakes

Friday, February 13, 2026
Willy Mugenzi, the former journalist, the author of Cow for Peace, speaks to The New Times in Kigali. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Culture

Ex-journalist shines a light on role of cows in promoting reconciliation in new book

Friday, January 02, 2026
Scholastique Mukasonga and Alexis Kagame.

La femme aux pieds nus, Inganji Kalinga, Bugesera, and Rwandan authors

Friday, December 19, 2025