by A. Happy Umwagarwa | Jul 19, 2021 | Essays
. Almost all of us love life. Many of us fear death. However, many of us use death to protect our life. Some of us end our life by committing suicide. Some of us kill those we think are threats to our life. We destroy the same life we cherish. We destroy the same...
by A. Happy Umwagarwa | Feb 12, 2021 | Essays
When You Don’t Look Like Your Nationality I grew up in one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kigali, a place known as 40, where Biryogo shakes hands with Nyamirambo. A large number of our neighbors were foreigners. To make enough playmates, it was a must to speak...
by A. Happy Umwagarwa | Jan 22, 2021 | Essays
“So, here you are, too foreign for home, too foreign for here, and never enough for both,” are the words of the Nigerian poet, Ijeoma Umebinyuo. This is what was on my mind as I reflected on how elites in my country, Rwanda, and other African countries, live as if we...
