In 1988, when I was 8 years old, my father brought my sister and I to see the movie Gorillas in the Mist which told the story of Dian Fossey’s life struggle to protect Rwanda’s mountain gorillas. As an animal lover, I was delighted by the scenes of Sigourney Weaver, who played Fossey, interacting with real mountain […]
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Look, the Mzungu is in Town!
I soon discovered the incredible feeling of being truly immersed in Rwanda and its people. No matter where I went, no matter what I did, in the past few days the only thing I heard was “Mzungu”. “Mzungu” is the Swahili word with which they refer to toursits. I originally thought that mzungu simply meant […]
