The annual Ubumuntu Arts Festival on July 16 hosted the Cultural Diplomacy Unconference at the Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village, an open, participant-driven forum where artistes, cultural ...

The Ubumuntu Arts Festival is giving new meaning to the age-old adage, "The tongue has power." Even after nearly a decade in the realm of arts, Hope Azeda, the visionary behind the Ubumuntu Arts ...

The hem of my black skirt dances with the dust floating up from beneath me. I plant my blue boots in what resembles the red Georgia clay on which I grew up. I close my eyes. I breathe in the warm, dry ...

It has evolved into a coat of many colors representing all races and cultures across the world. Indeed, at this year’s edition of Ubumuntu Arts Festival, over 14 countries were represented.

This has got me thinking about my recent travels to the small East African country of Rwanda. I knew nothing about Rwanda, except the country had been through immense conflict with the genocide. It ...

Ubumuntu Arts Festival, for the next three months, is hosting a weekly online series of stories and conversations to light up the gloom that has been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed "100 ...

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Hope Azeda is the founder and Managing Director of Mashirika Performing Arts, a leading theatre company in Rwanda. She is also the brains behind the recently concluded annual Ubumuntu Arts Festival, ...

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