Lessons from Rwanda on social change

Changing skyline of Kigali with robust construction ongoing. [XN Iraki]

We call Rwanda the land of one thousand hills, but they are more than 1,000. It is a land far west, one hour behind Kenya on time zones and was once the kingdom of Ruanda-Urundi, which went through the hands of the Germans during World War I and then Belgians before independence in 1962.

The country is famous for both positive and negative events. The genocide of 1994 and the subsequent recovery have Rwanda on the global map. It amazes me how we can invent differences when there are none for political expediency.