The Rwandan Archers

Welcome to the African Ambridge. Urunana, the Archer’s style radio drama from Rwanda, is hotly tipped to win the One World Special Achievement Award for Development Media on 12 June.

Ten million Rwandans tune in to the latest instalment from the fictional village of Nyarurembo twice a week. The soap is complete with its own loveable rogue, love affairs and agricultural anecdotes.

During the Rwandan genocide of the 1990s, radio was used to incite killing; even broadcasting the names and addresses of targeted Tutsis.

With the success of Urunana, however, radio in Rwanda has been revived as a force for good, providing entertainment for remote rural communities and helping to lift cultural taboos.

BBC Today

Rwandan Child Soldiers Enjoy A Break From Battle

‘It’s been a long time since I’ve sat down and rested with my friends, we’re usually occupied playing limbs and chasing village people through the jungle, my favourite weapon is the spear because it penetrates, i like penetration’ Max Aramanda. 16

Greetings from Rwanda and Egypt, the homes of corruption, rape and limbs

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