Tag: Rwanda
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A Sobering Visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial
A few weeks ago I wrote about my recent trip to Kigali, and briefly mentioned my visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial. I didn’t have the space then to describe the memorial in detail, and it’s a place that certainly deserves more attention. It has been over two decades since the genocide, and Rwanda has…
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Gorillas in Our Midst: Trekking in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park
‘Mah-mmmmm’. Our guide, Bernice, offers a throaty call into the forest. A clump of bushes suddenly shakes in the distance, and an enormous silverback gorilla emerges into the clearing in front of us. He grunts deeply in response, and sits down to chew on a bamboo shoot. A few moments later, a matted black ball…
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Kigali’s Colourful Hotel and Convention Centre
As you approach Kigali’s international airport, you immediately get a sense of why Rwanda is referred to as le pays des mille collines – or ‘the land of a thousand hills’. Even at night, the faint contours of rolling hills loom in the darkness, illuminated only by a scattering of lights. As a child, this…
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