Dynamic Africa
Formerly, "This is Africa/fyeahAfrica".
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Student, 24
Based in Cape Town, South Africa
From Lagos, Nigeria
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(since Oct. 21th 2012)
EVENT: Opening of SERGE ALAIN NITEGEKA’s BLACK CARGO exhibition
Four African Women Who Are Changing the Face of Coffee
These four women are at the forefront of change, empowering other women in the coffee industry (clockwise from top left): Angele Ciza, Fatima Aziz Faraji, Immy Kamarade and Mbula Musau.
CURRENT AFRICAN LEADERS: Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi
President of Burundi since 2005, Nkurunziza was the Chairman of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), the ruling party until he was elected the President of the Republic of Burundi.
Nkurunziza was a lecturer at Burundi University when civil war broke out in the country following the assassination of Burundi’s first ethnic Hutu democratically elected president, Melchior Ndadaye, in 1993.
He joined the CNDD-FDD in 1995 as a soldier after the army attacked the university campus. In a 2004 interview with the IRIN humanitarian news agency, he recalls the events that occurred:
“In 1995, the Tutsi army attacked the campus and killed 200 students. They tried to kill me too. The attackers shot at my car but I got out and ran away. They torched my car. I then joined the CNDD-FDD as a soldier. This war was forced on us; we did not start it.”
After rising through the ranks, Nkurunziza was appointed deputy secretary-general of the CNDD-FDD in 1998. In 2001, he was elected chairman. There was a split in the group in late 2001. He was re-elected to the post of chairman in August 2004.
Beginning in late 2003 and after the ceasefire agreement, he was appointed Minister for Good Governance in the transitional government of President Domitien Ndayizeye.
Nkurunziza was one of seven siblings. Two of his siblings were killed after civil war erupted in 1993, and three others died while fighting in the CNDD-FDD. Only one of his siblings, a sister, is alive today.
Saga Beach, Burundi
Joint sipping of banana beer/wine remains an important component of both engagements and marriages. (x)
The national drink of both Burundi and Rwanda, Urwarwa is a homemade banana wine that is usually served at special celebrations or as part of a meal.
Urwarwa is often presented as a gift to high-ranking members of the community.
Most of the bananas produced in Rwanda are used in the making of this drink.
(recipe)
Women selling fruits and vegetables on the roadside
(somewhere in) Burundi
Karera Falls, Burundi
1931 Burundi » Young King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng
King Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge (1912 - April 26, 1977) was the king of Burundi from December 16, 1915 to July 8, 1966.
He was given the title of Mwami, or King. He succeeded Mutaga IV Mbikije. Like other Burundian kings, he was an ethnic Ganwa.
During the early part of his reign, Burundi was transferred from Germany to Belgium following World War I. He was the leader of Burundi when it was granted independence in 1962, and he created a constitutional monarchy, which suffered much turmoil including the assassinations of at least three prime ministers. He had to continue switching prime ministers to stay in favor of both Hutus and Tutsis.
He was deposed by his son Ntare V in 1966 and fled to Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life until he died in 1977.
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