Rwanda Museums is honored by H.E. MKAPA’s Visit

Usenga Heritier avuga ko gusura Ingoro z’Igihugu z’Umurage w’u Rwanda byamwongereye ubumenyi

mu nganzo ye y’amahamba n’amazina y’inka

Discover your Museums, Cherish your Heritage

H.E. Paul KAGAME Officially inaugurated Campaign Against Genocide Museum

Kandt House Museum to showcase Rwanda’s colonial history.

Ikambere Newsletter-Issue No.3

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IKAMBEREMUSEUM NEWS

Quarterly Newsletter of Institute of National Museums of Rwanda

************* October - December 2017 ***********

During his visit to Rwanda, the former and third President of Republic of Tanzania, H.E Benjamin William MKAPA, did witness 30 years of RPF’s (Rwanda Patriotic Front) celebrations. Thereafter, his Excellency was occasioned by visiting Rwanda Museums.

Amidst tight schedule, H.E Mkapa and his Spouse Anna Mkapa visited three of our museums; the Campaign Against Genocide Museum in Kigali, the King’s Palace and Ethnographic Museums both located in Southern province. He was welcomed by the Director General and museum staff who offered him guided tours in the three muse-ums respectively.

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RWANDA MUSEUMS HONORED BY H.E MKAPA’s VISIT

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B. Mkapa & A. Mkapa (Sitting in the front) at King’s Palace Museum

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Having been a mediator during the PEACE-AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FOR-MER GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA AND THE RWANDESE PATRIOTIC FRONT in 1993, he was invited in the country as one of the key notable speakers to mark and bless the occasion.

The visit showcased to the President, Rwanda’s culture, history and development prog-ress after 24 years of the peace agreement he mediated. H.E Mkapa and spouse were amazed by this particular well preserved history by Rwanda Museums.H.E Mkapa called upon the youth to vigilantly visit and know the past history if they are to shape and determine a better future. He congratulated Rwanda for its contribu-tion towards the renaissance of Africa from the past to today’s epoch.

By: Alice Eudoxie Uwimana

Former President of tanzania Benjamin Mkapa and Anna Mkapa at ethno-graphic museum

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Usenga Heritier avuga ko gusura Ingoro z’Igihugu z’Umurage w’u Rwanda byamwongereye ubumenyi mu nganzo ye

y’amahamba n’amazina y’inka

Photo: Usenga Heritier avugira Inyambo mu Rukari

Usenga Heritier umwana ufite imyaka 16, yamenyekanye ubwo yavugaga amazina y’inka n’amahamba mu gusoza icyumweru cyo gushishikariza abantu umuco wo gusoma no kwandika taliki ya 16/09/2017 mu karere ka Rubavu, akaba yiga mu mwaka wa kane (level III) w’amashuri yisumbuye.

Kubera ubu buhanga bwatangaje benshi bitewe n’imyaka ye, Heritier Usenga yaje kwemererwa n’umuyobozi w’Ingoro z’Igihugu z’Umurage w’u Rwanda , Amb. Robert Masozera kuzamushyigikira mu rwego rwo kumufasha kuzamura impano agasura Ingoro z’Umurage w’u Rwanda, by’umwihariko Ingoro y’Umwami ahari inka z’inyambo n’abatahira.Ubwo yasuraga ingoro y’Umwami iherereye mu karere ka Nyanza mu Rukari taliki ya 7 Ukuboza 2017, yabonye umwanya uhagije wo guhura n’abatahira b’Inyambo maze bamwungura inama zijyanye n’uko yakwiyungura ubumenyi bityo impano ye ikaguka. Nyuma yo kumurikirwa inka z’inyambo, Heritier yadu-tangarije ko bimushimishije kubona inka z’inyambo kuko ari ku nshuro ya mbere azibonye. Yanatubwiye kandi ko inama abatahira bamwunguye zizamufasha kwaguka mu mikorere n’imitekerereze. Uretse kandi Ingoro y’umwami, Heritier yanasuye Ingoro y’Ubuhanzi n’Ubugeni iherereye i Nyanza, n’Ingoro y’Amateka n’Imibereho y’Abanyarwanda iherereye mu karere ka Huye.

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Developments

Ubwo hasozwaga igikorwa cyari kigamije kwigisha umuco nyarwanda abantu batandukanye cyane cyane urubyiruko igikorwa cyiswe “Twige kandi tumenye umuco wacu”, Uyu mwana yataramiye abantu mu nganzo ye y’amazina y’inka n’amahamba bishimisha benshi kubona umwana ukibyiruka ashishi-karira inganzo y’abakuze. Nyuma yo gusura izi ngoro zitandukanye no kugirana ibiganiro n’umuyobozi w’Ingoro z’Igihugu z’Umurage w’ u Rwanda, Heritier yashimiye uyu muyobozi wamuhaye aya ma-hirwe, amwizeza ko ibyo yigiye mu ngoro z’Umurage bigiye kumufasha gutera imbere kandi ko atazabi-pfusha ubusa. Abajijwe aho akomora iyi mpano, Heritier yavuze ko ubumenyi afite abukura mu bitabo asoma n’ibindi yigira ku bandi batahira n’abisi barimo n’umuvandimwe we. Uyu mwana ngo iteka akunda kuba aganira n’abantu bakuze, ibintu kenshi ngo atumva kimwe n’urubyiruko rugenzi rwe kuko adakunda kuba mu bigare by’urubyiruko.

Mu mbogamizi uyu mwana ngo ahura nazo, harimo nko kubura aho akura ibitabo bivuga mu buryo bwimbitse ku mazina y’inka kuko ibyo asoma ari ibisanzwe. Ikindi nanone ngo kimubangamira ni ukudahura n’abisi n’abatahira batandukanye ngo bungurane ibitekerezo abe yabigiraho akaba rimwe na rimwe yitabaza urubuga rwa murandasi (Youtube) kenshi akaba abura itumanaho ribimushamo.Amazina y’inka ni ubuhanga bugize igice cy’ubuvanganzo nyarwanda bukaba bwari umwihariko w’imiryango kandi bukagirwa n’abantu bakuru, bukarata ibigwi by’umutwe w’inka n’akamaro inka zi-fitiye abantu muri rusange. Ubu buhanga bwagiye bukendera busigaranwa n’abantu bake akenshi bukaba busigaye bugaragara mu mihango y’ubukwe nyarwanda.

By MUGWANEZA Jean Paul

Photo : Heritier mu ngoro y’Umwami i Nyanza

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The Campaign Against Genocide Museum (CAG) is a new museum recently opened at the parliamentary building, Kimihurura sector, Gasabo District in Kigali city, just 800 meters behind Convention Centre road point it was opened to the public on 01/07/2017 but opened officially on13th/12/2017 by H.E Paul Kagame the President of the Republic of Rwanda.

CAG Museum is built at the parliamentary buildings, formerly Conseil National de Dévelope-ment (CND). This building hosted the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) politicians and the 600 man protection force (3BN) from 28th December 1993 as preparations for the installation of Broad Based Transitional Government was in the offing. The National Transitional Assembly and these 600 man protection force the (3BN) were the ones given the order first on 07/04/1994 by the RPA Chairman of High Command Major General Paul Kagame to break out from their initial positions to defend themselves and rescue victims of Genocide in their vicinity when campaign against Genocide began. Campaign Against Genocide Museum is made up of two parts, the inside part is made up of Ten rooms that details how the campaign against Genocide was executed under the order of the RPA Chairman of High Command following the with-drawal of United Nations troops leaving Rwandans under the mercy of genocidiares, whereas the outside part is made up of the 3rd battalion sick bay, and the monuments of the 12.7mm machine gun that helped in containing the advancing the genocidal forces from the Presiden-tial Guard Camp, the symbolic cemetery with a soldier honoring the RPA soldiers who died during the campaign against Genocide and the main monument which is a remembrance to the Campaign Against Genocide. CAG is open to both Nationals and Internationals visitors every day from Monday to Sunday from 800am to 5:00pm. The will and ability to prevent, deter, and respond to threats and ideologies of genocide calls for a long lasting campaign against genocide.

COME ONE COME ALL, AS WE DISCOVER OUR MUSEUMS TO CHERISH OUR HERITAGE

By BASHANA Medard

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CAMPAING AGAINST GENOCIDE MUSEUM OFFICIALLY INAUGURATED

H.E. Paul Kagame Officially inaugurating Campaign Against Genocide Museum

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Urubyiruko rwibumbiye muri Youth Voice Generation ru-ravuga ko ibyo rwigiye mu Ngoro y’Amateka y’Urugamba rwo Guhagarika Jenoside bizarufasha guhindura imikorere

n’imyitwarire

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Uru rubyiruko rusaga 80 rwatangaje ibi ubwo rwasuraga ingoro y’Amateka y’Urugamba rwo Guhagarika Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi taliki ya 20 Ukuboza 2017. Nyuma yo gu-sobanurirwa ibimuritse, rwatangaje ko rwishimiye gusura iyi ngoro kuko abenshi muri bo bavutse nyuma ya Jenoside, ibyo bazi bikaba ari amakuru babwirwa n’abandi bantu rimwe na rimwe bikaba biba bituzuye.

Kalimba Winnie ufite imyaka 18 avuga ko gusura iyi ngoro byamwongereye umuhati wo gukunda igihugu. Avuga ko umuntu atagomba kwitekerezaho wenyine ahubwo agomba gutekereza ku bandi ndetse n’igihugu muri rusange. Kuri we abona iyi ngoro uretse kubungabunga amateka, izanafasha urubyiruko guhindura imyitwarire mu kugira umuco w’ubutwari n’ubunyangamugayo.Gakuba moulchtal nawe ufite imyaka 18 avuga ko urubyiruko mu bushobozi bwarwo rwa-gira uruhare mw’iterambere ry’igihugu kuko ngo n’ubwo bamwe muri bo bagize uruhare muri Jenoside, hari n’abari bari mu kigero nk’icyabo bafashe iyambere mu kuyihagarika.

Youth Voice Generation

Shema Victoire Umuyobozi w’uyu muryango avuga ko “kugira igihugu gifite umusingi uhamye, ni ngombwa cyane kubanza kumenya amateka yacyo ibitaragenze neza tukabiko-sore, ibyiza tukabisigasira”. Ni muri urwo rwego batekereje igikorwa cyo gusura CAG bagamije kwiyungura ubumenyi ku mateka y’ u Rwanda. Ngo nyuma yo kumva neza uburyo hari abantu bavunitse, abandi batakaza ubuzima bwabo kugira ngo igihugu kibe kigeze aho kigeze ubu, biyemeje gutanga umusanzu wabo nk’urubyiruko mu bikorwa byose by’ubutwari n’iterambere ry’igihugu muri rusange.

Youth Voice Generation ni umuryango uhuriza hamwe urubyiruko rwiga mu mashuri yisum-buye na kaminuza hagamijwe kwigisha no kugira uruhare mw’iterambere ry’igihugu. Uretse iki gikorwa cyo gusura iyi ngoro nshya yafunguwe ku mugaragaro na Nyakubahwa Perezida wa Repubulika Paul Kagame taliki ya 13 Ukuboza 2017, ngo bagira n’ibindi bikorwa ba-kora cyane cyane ibijyanye no kwibuka Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi muri Mata 1994.

By MUGWANEZA Jean Paul

SHEMA Victoitre Umuyobozi wa Youth Voice Generation

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The former Natural History Museum which used to showcase the richness of Rwanda’s Nature (fauna and flora products) has changed the theme of exhibition into Kandt House Museum by dis-playing Rwandan history during German colonial occupation (1884- 1916). This museum is dedicated to Dr. Richard Kandt a German doctor and explorer who embarked on an exploration of Rwanda in 1897 searching specifically for the source of Nile River. He later became the First German Resident in Rwanda in 1908 and lived in the house transformed into a museum today. The new exhibition on “Rwanda and Germany from colonial epoch to today” is made of col-lections such as texts, pictures, songs that were used in Rwanda under the German colonization epoch brought back recently in the country in cooperation with “Le Jumelage Rhenanie- Palatinat” and German Embassy. The exhibition is also supported by documentary films regarding Rwandan history in that time. High official and diplomatic personalities including Ambassadors, Senators, representatives of Government and private institutions operating in tourism industry attended its colorful opening ceremony taken place on 17th December 2017. In his speech, the Director General of Rwanda Museums recognized the incomparable support in the preparations and set up of the exhibition offered by two institutions and different individuals who worked tirelessly on it. He invited our partners in tourism industry and schools to make use of it by visiting and learn much from this new exhibition. In his remarks, Amb. Dr Peter Woeste appreciated the collaboration with INMR in setting up of this nw exhibition and called up on everyone interested in this shared heritage to come and visit the museum.

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Kandt House Museum to showcase Rwanda’s colonial history.

Amb. Robert Masozera / DG INMR and Amb. Dr. Peter Woeste / Ambassador of the Federal Repub-lic of Germany officially launching a new Exhibition at Kandt House Museum

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Hands-On Experience, an opportunity for learning and having fun

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Hands-on Experience is a cultural activity that took place from 4th to 8th December 2017 at Ethnographic Museum in Huye District with an aim of training individuals about some aspects of Rwandan Culture to preserve it.

2500 people attended this activity within different disciplines including traditional dance, drum beat, traditional crafts such as weaving, beading, etc. Apart from traditional skills, hands on experience participants got an opportunity to learn modern digital art with professional software. Participants in this activity witness that they got relevant skills and knowledge that can be applied to the labor market to generate income as well as having fan during the whole week of duration. These participants mostly composed with youth, enjoyed traditional games such as: Kunyaban-wa, High jump, Gukirana, Igisoro, etc. Even though some of these games such as: Kunyabanwa and Gukirana which from the past were practiced by cattle keepers seem like fighting, partici-pants gave us the moral lessons they got from it. It is all about own defence in case the enemy attacks you.

Iradukunda Pascaline and Munezero Jacky aged 13 who practiced weaving said that they come without any experience about this. But they ended up by making very nice handmade mats ready to be sold. Other participants who interacted with us acknowledged the organizers but they re-quested the management of Institute of National Museums of Rwanda and Huye District to extend those activities for at least three weeks in the next time.

Photo: Amb. Robert Masozera DG INMR and Kagabo Joseph from Huye District officially Opening Hands-On Experience 2017

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Kwizera Jean Damascene who practiced ceramic workshops said what he learnt can respond to the development and improvement of “made in Rwanda” products as they can produce high qual-ity ceramic products compared to some from outside of the country.In his closing remarks, Amb. Robert Masozera the Director General of the Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMR) told Huye local residents that this activity was organized to make them familiar with museums. He said “during your previous visits you were not allowed to take photos and touching exhibition but now you can feel how some of the collections were made from identifying raw materials to their fabrication”. He also said that “this activity facilitates the transmission of some aspects of Rwandan Culture from one generation to another as it is the main mission of INMR”. Hands-On Experience kept busy students who are in holidays and it equipped them with good attitudes and values for a Rwandan. It is in line with “Intore mu biruhuko” pro-gram. He added.

Kayiranga Muzuka Eugene, the Mayor of Huye District acknowledged the contribution of INMR to culture development and highlighted the importance of Hands On Experience in terms of skills and knowledge related to traditional crafts that can contribute to economic development, right values among Young generation as well as being an enjoyable place for people. Hands on Experience is an annual cultural activity organized by INMR to train people especially youth and students in holidays about some aspects of Rwandan culture.

By MUGWANEZA Jean Paul

Photo: Participants during work sessions at Eth-nographic Museum-Huye

Photo: Some products made during Hands-On Experience 2017

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INFORMATION TO VISITORS

ENTRANCE FEE

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The Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMR) has 8 Museums:1. Ethnographic Museum located in Huye District2. King’s Palace Museum located in Nyanza District3. National Art Gallery located in Nyanza District4. Museum of Environment located in Karongi District5. Kandt House Museum located in Nyarugenge District6. Presidential Palace located in Kicukiro District7.Campaign Against Genocide Museum located in Gasabo District at Parliament’s building8. National liberation Park Museum located at Mulindi/Gicumbi district

The entrance fee in all 8 Museums is the same as shown in the table below and payment is done through “Irembo” Government Platform

Type of ticket Discount On Price1. All Museums Discount of 30%2. King’s Palace Museum & National Art Gallery Discount of 20%3. Presidential Palace Museum & Kandt House Museum Discount of 20%4. Ethnographic Museum; King’s Palace Museum & National Art Gallery Museum Discount of 25%5. National Liberation Park Musem & Campaign Against Genocide Museum Discount of 30%

2. Combined ticket:

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From: EAC/CEPGL

Other Residents in Rwanda

Other Non-Residents in Rwanda

Adults 1500 Frw 3000 Frw or 5$

5000 Frw or 8$

6000 Frw or 10$

Undergraduate students

Single 700 Frw 1000 Frw or 3$

1500 Frwor 3$

3000 Frwor 5$

Group of 20 500 Frw 700 Frw 500 Frw 2000 Frw or 4$

1. Single ticket:

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