12 Years A Slave: A Movie I invite Everyone to Watch; A Journey of Overcoming, Hope, and Optimism, and To Freedom

12 Years a Slave: A movie I invite everyone to watch; A journey of overcoming, hope, and optimism, and to freedom. by Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD Today, I watched the movie “12 Years a Slave: The Extraordinary True Story of Solomon Northup”. I can’t find words to describe the experience of watching the movie, directed by…

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The Dilemma of Dictators Part V: When General Paul Kagame Feels the Noose

I.The Noose Tightening around General Ntaganda’s neck tautens General Kagame’s Throat This Tuesday May 8, 2012 we stumbled across a surprising article. Written by Joseph Rwagatare of The New Times of Rwanda and featured among the top headlines, the article has a surprising title:”Rwanda: Gen. Ntaganda Is Only a Pawn in a Wider Game.” Really!…

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The Dilemma of Dictators Part IV: One Down, More to Go: Focus on Paul Kagame of Rwanda

In Part III of our series, the Dilemma of Dictators, we urged dictators to break the cycle of violence and fade away in peace, instead of being haunted by the ghosts of their crimes for years in dark cells, if not killed in the process, meeting the same fate as Samuel Doe, Nicolae Ceausescu, and…

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But, Who Are the FAR Interahamwe?

*USA** condemns renegade groups FAR/Interahamwe: but who are they? ** *** By AfroAmerica Network. November 16, 2007. AfroAmerica Network has obtained the lengthy “Congolese and  Rwandan  Joint Communiqué Against Armed Presence in Eastern DRC”, signed in  Nairobi, on November 9, 2007 by the Congolese Foreign Affairs Minister  Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi, the Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister…

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