History of Rwanda

Reassessing Rwanda’s Post-Colonial Historiography: Critiques, Controversies, and the Search for Objectivity

This article examines the major lines of critique lodged against colonial and post-colonial historiography in Rwanda, explores the ideological manipulations…

3 months ago

Alexis Kagame: Scholar, Priest, and Architect of Rwandan Intellectual Identity

Alexis Kagame (1912–1981) occupies a singular place in the intellectual and cultural history of Rwanda and the Great Lakes region.

4 months ago

Dynastic Esoteric Code (Ubwiru): Custodianship, Composition, and Contested Authority in Rwandan Oral Tradition

The dynastic esoteric code, known in Kinyarwanda as ubwiru, occupies a singular place within the corpus of Rwanda’s oral literature.

4 months ago

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