Continued: The Oral Traditions of Rwanda ( Part 3)

As indicated in my previous articles, the oral document known as Ubucurabwenge (the seekers of knowledge), which contains the genealogies of the kings of Rwanda, is the pillar of the entire Rwandan tradition. The three other major documents - the myths ‘Ibitekerezo’, the ‘Ubwiru’ rituals and the symbolic poetry, ‘Ibisigo’- all follow the structure and pattern of the royal lists given in Ubucurabwenge.
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