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Very little literature has been written in Kinyarwanda (the native language of the country), but there are a number of books written in French. The clergyman and historian Alexis Kagame (1912–81) researched the oral history of Rwanda and published a number of volumes of poetry and Rwandan mythology.
Alexis Kagame (15 May 1912 – 2 December 1981) was a Rwandan philosopher, linguist, historian, poet and Catholic priest.His main contributions were in the fields of ethnohistory and "ethnophilosophy" (the study of indigenous philosophical systems).
The name Ibitekerezo is derived from the Kinyarwanda verb gutekereza, which means "to recount, reflect, or consider". [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Before Rwanda was colonized by the Germans in the late 19th century and later the Belgians after World War I , the history of the national heroes of Rwanda was known to the people through Ibitekerezo. [ 7 ]
Kinyarwanda lyrics French lyrics English translation Rwanda rwacu, Rwanda gihugu cyambyaye, Ndakuratana ishyaka n'ubutwali. Iyo nibutse ibigwi wagize kugeza ubu, Nshimira Abarwanashyaka bazanye Repubulika idahinyuka. Bavandimwe b'uru Rwanda rwacu twese Nimuhaguruke, Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuri, Mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.
Banyamulenge is a community that lives mainly in South Kivu province. The Banyamulenge are not culturally and socially distinct from the Tutsi of South Kivu, with most speaking Kinyamulenge, a mix of Kinyarwanda (official language of Rwanda), Kirundi (spoken primarily in Burundi), [1] Ha language (spoken by Ha people, one of the largest ethnic groups in ethnically diverse Tanzania), and Swahili.
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The Kagera and Ruvubu rivers, part of the upper Nile Enlargeable, detailed map of Rwanda. The watershed between the major Congo and Nile drainage basins runs from north to south through Rwanda, with around 80 percent of the country's area draining into the Nile and 20 percent into the Congo via the Rusizi River. [7]
This article contains a list of kings of Rwanda.The Kingdom of Rwanda was ruled by sovereigns titled mwami (plural abami), and was one of the oldest and the most centralized kingdoms in the history of Central and East Africa.