The Day I Will Dance Again
Traditional dance forms an integral part of the Rwandan culture. Dance is a key ingredient of ceremonies, festivals, social gatherings and...
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Can Gorillas Contract COVID- 19?
Before the lockdown was instituted in Rwanda, visits and research activities in three national parks were suspended amid fears of exposing...
Game Drive Across Akagera National Park
I visited Akagera National Park with a small group of fellow adventurers. This happened toward the end of the year when East Africa was...
Touring Lake Kivu Aboard Iliza Houseboat
We set sail in the afternoon and cruised around a cluster of islands I am obsessed with. As we did so, we marveled at those picturesque isles...
Discovering the southern flank of Lake Kivu
From the balcony, I marveled at the view of Lake Kivu and the Congolese city of Bukavu. I had spent the night in the church-owned Centre...
Strangers with whom I shared a dormitory
After an adventurous day along the Rutsiro segment of the Congo Nile Trail, I made it to Karongi late and hanged out with a couple of tourists...
Imigongo Art and Stories From Rural Africa
The aroma of brewed coffee was in the air. Baskets, ceramics, sculptures and other made-in-Rwanda items were on display alongside packaged coffee...
Banana Diplomacy
There is a cluster of isles that look like floating gardens off the shore of Karongi. Monkey Island, which is home to a handful of monkeys, is...
Coffee Break
Rain interrupted my Kicukiro-bound motorcycle ride forcing me to seek refuge in a roadside coffee shop. It was one of those long downpours...
