ARTSY BLOG

  WHAT CAN THE YOUTH   LEARN FROM RWANDAN LIBERATORS After independence, tension started rising between Hutu and Tutsi, where the Hutu regime, which was on power after independence, started installing fear in the entire population, saying that the Tutsi are cockroaches and snakes and portraying them as murderers. It was meant to make the Hutu population feel fear of being ruled by the Tutsi and thus draw them in participating in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.   People started putting matters into their own hands by acting in self-defense with a mindset of "To eliminate rather than be eliminated." It led to the Tutsis' oppression, which made them flee the country and live in exile, moving from place to place experiencing political, social, and economic embarrassments here and there in their countries of asylum.    In July, 2020, H.E President Paul Kagame discussed with social media influencers on Rwanda's Liberation journey. He was asked by a jour...

      YVAN NGENZI’S TIPS ON BULIDING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER   Ngenzi is a traditional gospel musician who is known for his traditional touch on gospel songs. In an interview with Yvan, he mentioned how he started his career and how he was influenced by famous gospel artists (musicians) such as; Uwimana Aime and Habonimana Apollinaire, a Burundian gospel singer. The singer started his career in 2007, where he recorded his first song while he was a secondary school student.     Later on, he faced a problem finding a producer he was searching for, so he went for another one to record his song. As a secondary school student, I was singing in my boarding school and in the school's worship team, where I got compensated with little money. By the time Yvan made his second song in 2007, he had said he had the privilege of working with a well-known producer named Nicholas. The producer's fame was due to his collaboration with rising stars like Me...