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A poem that summons us to respect plants, listen to their wisdom, and learn their names. WORDS AND IMAGES … Read more…
They call me Umusangwabutaka: My People Were the First to Reach This Land, but Today We Don’t Own Any of It
Story by Marie Michelle Hirwa, Batwa (Rwanda) I am Marie Michelle Hirwa, born on September 12, 1986. I was born into a family of seven children in the Kacyiru commune, now called Gasabo, in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Both my mum and dad passed away when I was 9 years old. Most of my