Friday, September 3, 2021

Virtual Africa: Rwanda


 Rwanda and its capital city Kigali rose phoenix-like from the ashes of genocide.

Kigali, Rwanda

https://youtu.be/5SEp1WyesRE 

In 1994, the Hutu's killed around a million Tutsi in Rwanda during the ethnic cleansing...today the population reflects this...only some of the younger survived.  

  https://youtu.be/mISJNAZvqRw

A good film to give you a better grasp of the enormity of this is Hotel Rwanda.

Today Rwanda is a growing economically prosperous country comprised of Hutu...Tutsi and Twa (pygmy)


 

It is a very small country. Only a little over 10,000 square miles and high altitude. It lies between the Congo River and the Nile.

It has a temperate climate which is between 60 degrees and 85 degrees year around.

(...today it is sunny and 80 degrees...)

Rwanda's population of lions were decimated during the genocide of 1994...but three game parks are attempting to reintroduce them at this time.

Game Park

https://youtu.be/--XapoJhfw0 

Coffee and tea are the main export crops, now.

Most Rwandans are Catholic and the primary language here is Kinyarwanda.

Sports plays a large part in this rebuilt country...cricket, cycling, football and soccer, basketball and most recently the Paraolympics and Olympic Games. 

10 Days in Rwanda

https://youtu.be/I1tIJex1fXE

Next we will visit Cameroon.