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Murakaza neza kuri Urwandiko; Inzandiko z'umurage. Urukurikirane rwinkuru zamajwi by Ubumuntu Ubuhanzi.
Buri nkuru ninzira zivuye kumutima mumateka n'amajwi agize tapeste ikungahaye kubumuntu dusangiye.
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Because of the bond we built via connecting & creating through 100 Stories of Home& the online edition
@UbumuntuArtFest
,our hearts cannot let go
We will be splashing light & sprinkles of joy to your souls every Monday through our new segment dubbed
‘Monday melodies ‘
@HopeAzeda
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It’s a time of anxiety, stress and trauma threatening people's emotional and mental health. Now more than ever art is needed to bring hope to a troubled and frightened world. We aim to be a conduit of hope in these times.
@Aegis_Trust
@McNultyFound
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Welcome to our 100 Stories of Home!
Home, is not a place, its a feeling. Home is where your story begins, where love resides and memories are created. For many of us, it's a word that brings comfort to the soul.
#100StoriesOfHome
#Ubumuntu2020
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Get ready to have the most incredible fun at
#IkazeNight
this July.
Music, dance, culture and art from national and international artists. You cannot afford to miss this!
Date: 11 July 2019
Venue: Kigali Exhibition Conference Village (KCEV)
Tickets: Rwf 15,000
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🚨 Ikaze Night: 11 July 2019 🚨
Don't miss out one of the best shows this July!
Tickets are available online at (Rwf 10,000)
Also, more tickets (Rwf 15,000) await you at:
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In today's episode, we feature the lovely
@soniamugabo
who will take us through all the phases of her career. We wouldn't miss it if we were you!
#homechatwithsonia
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Make the best out of the worst is a call by
@EchoEternal112
to inspire our young people to become flame holders as they champion for humanity.Just as a candle can't burn without fire, we can't live without hope
#FlamesOfHope
#100StoriesofHome
#Ubumuntu2020
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What conversations come alive when we look at art? Does it initiate a dialogue with your imagination, ideas, and beliefs?
@MattDeely
@HansonCamille
@HopeAzeda
#BeyondNow
#100StoriesofHome
#Ubumuntu2020
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“We are working hard to keep one of
#Africa
’s most unique cultural festivals free for all. The funds raised from
#IkazeNight
Party will go directly to maintaining a world-class experience for our audience at
#Ubumuntu2018
. Join us!" - Festival Curator
@HopeAzeda
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We are so proud of our curator,
@HopeAzeda
, who has been honored as a 2018
@McNultyPrize
Laureate for bringing together performers from
#Rwanda
and around the world to explore the trauma of conflict and the depths of the human experience.
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Thank you to everyone who attended
#Ubumuntu2017
and to all our partners for your support! We love you!
#Humanity
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How are artists coping with the lockdown and social-distancing protocols?
@S_Iraguha
sat down with
@danejeremyhurst
as he shared his
#StoriesofHome
in self-isolation and his artistic journey thus far.
#HomeChatWithSonia
#100StoriesofHome
#Ubumuntu2020
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I don’t mind
I don’t mind the silence
The solitude
The stillness
The stopping...
There’ve been days
I begged the world to stop
So I could hear myself
breathe again....
Days when my heart broke,
Days when I choked on
Truth too hard to be
Spoke,
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To everyone who was involved in the fourth edition of
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
2018, thank you!
Thank you for creating unforgettable memories on this journey of courage and wisdom.
#Ubumuntu2018
🇧🇪🇧🇮🇨🇦🇰🇪🇮🇶🇯🇵🇵🇱🇳🇬🇿🇦🇪🇬🇱🇰🇸🇪🇨🇭🇨🇩🇺🇸🇬🇧🇿🇼🇺🇬🇷🇼
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To close the Ubumuntu Arts Festival, curator
@hopeazeda
presented awards to the team behind the last 10 years. Huge thanks to all participants and contributors!
#Ubumuntu
@10
#Ubumuntu202
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We really had such a great time all thanks to
@Contact_Makeda
who brought the house down at the first day of the
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
Photo credits📸: Joselyne Uwamohoro
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🎉 Exciting News! 🌟
We're thrilled to unveil the NEW LOGO for the Ubumuntu Arts Festival as we celebrate our 10th Anniversary!
This milestone is a testament to a decade of incredible art, culture, and impactful human stories that have touched hearts around the globe
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Powerful Image: As
#Ubumuntu2019
came to an end, the audience chalked messages of humanity on the stage wall.
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Congratulations to our
@Umuhireeliane
awarded Best Actress in Birds Are Singing in Kigali. We're so proud!
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Thank you all for attending the first performance day!
A big round of applause to incredibly talented performers who made the stage light up!
See you all tomorrow at 6PM for more 🎭
#Ubumuntu2018
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Are you ready for Ubumuntu Arts Festival 2020? We are bringing you the festival right to your home from the 17th to the 19th of July 2020.
Come along virtually as we take a journey across the world with contributors from more than 30 nations.
Save the date!
#Ubumuntu2020
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24 years ago, the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi occurred in Rwanda. Over the course of 100 days, over 800,000 people were slain.
This week from April 7th to April 14th, we observe the genocide remembrance during a week called
#Kwibuka
(to remember).
#Kwibuka24
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| 17:00 • Sunday, 17 June 2018 |
Production Meeting
#6
We present to you the incredible team behind
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
2018.
Devotion wrapped in humanity ✨
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Dear Lynker
It’s not the loss that hurts but the wound that it leaves behind.. Sometimes, I wonder, what is memory without love?
Here is a poem we wrote on April 18/12 @ 7:44am .
Thanks for being the friend you were and you will always be
Love you Besty..R.I.P❤️
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"I don't have legs but I'm no different to anyone else."
#TalkingThroughArt
#Ubumuntu2018
🎭💕
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🎭Can You Hear Me Now🎭 examines the relationship between social media and the mental health of young people through a mixed-media performance of dance, theater, and poetry.
#selfie
#Ubumuntu2018
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Day One of
#Ubumuntu2017
- what a night! Incredible performances from around the world all for the sake of humanity. ☮️💃🕺🏽🎭☮️
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Our founder
@HopeAzeda
with some of our artists.
@Contact_Makeda
,
@remyiradukunda1
and
@KANYANGELouise1
Photo credits📸: Joselyne Uwamahoro
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
#Ubumuntu2020
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A thread of amazing performances lined up for
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
.
Pay attention... you don't want to miss this 👇
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I am, because you are. You are, because I am. We're human together!
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13-15 July 2018
2PM, Workshops | 6PM, Performances
Kigali Genocide Memorial Amphitheatre
Free Entry!
#Ubumuntu2018
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🤗 Welcome to 🇷🇼!
It is an honour to have been invited to Rwanda, to document the
@UbumuntuArtFest
this year.
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We're excited to present the performance and workshop lineup for Ubumuntu Arts Festival 2019! 🎭✨
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The festival takes place from 12-14 July 2019, at Kigali Genocide Memorial Amphitheatre. The entry is free for all!
#Ubumuntu2019
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.
@mashirikarwanda
& Collaborative Arts Ensemble receive a standing ovation for their moving
#Generation25
performance at the last day of
#Ubumuntu2019
.
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#UbumuntuArtsFestival
creates an avenue where people join and communicate through the language of art.
📷:
@Kigali_Memorial
#Ubumuntu2018
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Young, Brave and Super Talented👏
Students from
@asyv
just nailed it.
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
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Six years ago, the Ubumuntu Arts Festival was born. Today, we celebrate our Founder
@HopeAzeda
for sharing with us this beautiful dream.
In 2018, Hope was given a McNulty prize for her inititive, Ubumuntu Arts Festival. We are inspired by this phenomenal woman.
#Ubumuntu2020
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We have Exciting News!
Ugandan Queen of Afro Soul; Lilian Mbabazi
@lmbabazi
will be on the
#Ubumuntu2019
stage; starting with our welcome
#IkazeNight
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We're excited to announce the premiere of the
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
documentary, produced & directed by
@TheFavoredWoman
&
@theayoadams
& executive produced by
@HopeAzeda
that will take you through the stories, emotions & humanity that is the core of our festival
Stay Tuned!
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Happening now:
#Ubumuntu2018
Press Conference. The festival is back for the fourth edition with performances from around the world. This year, Africa’s largest performing arts gathering for humanity shares the power of art in
building personal & community resilience.
#Rwanda
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Did you know: The first performance day of
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
is dedicated to children. The audience watches various plays of talented young performers from around the world.
#Ubumuntu2018
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The Ubumuntu Arts Festival Team is pleased to announce the 5th edition that will take place from 12-14 July 2019. The extraordinary performances will voice collective stories from home and relate to
#Rwanda
’s 25th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi.
#Ubumuntu2019
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Our fearless leader
@HopeAzeda
takes to the stage to explain how the
#Ubumuntu2018
Arts Festival came to be:
"We all need to do whatever we can to make sure that what happened in
#Rwanda
never happens anywhere else. Stories from home carry lessons for the world."
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"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
I am because you are.
#HumanRightsDay
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Generation 25 - excerpt.
I must be listened to , I must be seen, witnessed, acknowledged, felt, reveled, loved! if it happened before , it can happen again.”
To forget is to erase, how do we erase a loss so profound when it happened to you.
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We are pleased to announce the 7th edition of Ubumuntu Arts Festival will take place from 16th - 18th July 2021 under the theme REBIRTH. With exceptional & remarkable stories, the festival will renew humanity's path to healing through art.
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
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Created for the sake of humanity,
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
joins countries to acknowledge our similarities and appreciate our differences.
The festival returns 13-15 July through the eyes of resilience.
#Ubumuntu2018
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Daniel Mpilo Richards acts 'Beyond Mandela', preluded by a hilarious impersonation of different
personalities in a talk show.
#Ubumuntu2017
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Happening now:
#Ubumuntu2019
Press Conference. The festival is back for the fifth edition with national & international performances. This year, Africa’s largest performing arts gathering for humanity will explore the barriers that stop us from overcoming our differences.
#Rwanda
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Missed
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
2018? Check out photos of different activities before and during this year's festival here:
#Ubumuntu2018
📸:
@ecwalu
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Yesterday's piece 'Cyacyana' is a poem that expresses social injustice to people who look, dress, or speak differently. The poem also touches on the pressure that's put on the youth for knowing little about their culture.
#FlamesOfHope
#100StoriesOfHome
#Ubumuntu2020
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This year, Ubumuntu Arts Festival serves the best performances filled with lessons on resilience and humanity. Are you ready for the 3-day performing arts galore?
6PM, 13-15 July | Kigali Genocide Memorial amphitheatre.
#Ubumuntu2018
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We are grateful to everyone who was involved in the first virtual
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
. To all the artists, speakers & team, thank you for making the festival come alive.
It has been an incredible & unforgettable journey 🙏🏾.
#Ubumuntu2020
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🎭The Wet Umbrella🎭 is performed by Peace and Love Proclaimers
#Rwanda
(
@plpy4change
) and shares the story of the professional psychologists who work day and night to take care of others, but sometimes become Wet Umbrellas and also need support.
#Ubumuntu2018
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Hello friends,below is a link to a powerful conversation about healing through arts. Our founder
@HopeAzeda
joined
@UmuhozaB
on The Barbra show to talk about
@PBatete
.Remember to follow and like the
@PBatete
pages for more about the initiative.
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First production meeting Rwanda and Kenya collaboration , at this point it’s the ‘whats and hows’... biggest challenge is always on the ‘HOW’... ‘whats’ are always in plenty.But hey... and so we ,
Stop, Breathe and Live
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“This festival will be an exercise in human introspection. It is a chance for Rwandans in particular, and the world at large to “re-question our humanity, to bridge the gap between being a human being, and being human, as the two are totally different.”
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What if these broken parts
This history
The Wounded walls
Became your strength. Thanks
@ecwalu
for capturing a great moment. Photo from Generation 25
@mashirikarwanda
G25
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Happening now: 🎭Thirteen Reasons Why Not🎭 - an original piece by Grace Durbin from the
#UK
about mental health in young people, portrayed in a unique & comedic way. The piece follows a young girl on her journey of self-acceptance & how she comes to understand her own emotions.
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"I long to throw my body in the arms of a soul that I need more than mine." - Elaine
#Ubumuntu2016
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Electric, emotional, and enriching performances on one stage.
@Kigali_Memorial
amphitheatre is a place to be this 13-15 July 2018.
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
#Ubumuntu2018
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In 33 days, humans from different walks of life will come together and speak to each other in the language of Art.
It's going to be a glorious time of community and shared humanity.
Are you ready for
#Ubumuntu2019
?
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Creative minds, creative things!
Naoka Fukushima with her conceptual piece in the face of the adorned Amphitheatre 🙌!
#Ubumuntu2017
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(Peter Vrooman)
@USAmbRwanda
giving remarks on this year's theme - 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻, 𝗜 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹
Watch the LIVE virtual event here:
#UbumuntuArtsFestival2021
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
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It's that time of the year again!
As we prepare for
#Ubumuntu2018
, join us on Friday evenings for
#UbumuntuLiveChats
with
@TheFavoredWoman
as we meet the performers, contributors and sponsors of Rwanda's biggest art event.
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
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“If you see that you cannot see...You can still see my child”.
Well done team Stages theatre/Sri Lanka....powerful work in the name humanity.
#2018
ubumuntu arts festival( Thought Curfew)
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We are thrilled to announce the theme for
#ubumuntu2018
is, "Art and the Path of Resilience." Applications will be available next month.
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“I’m not interested in whether you’ve stood with the great; I’m interested in whether you’ve sat with the broken.”
Sue Fitzmaurice
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It's time to say goodbye to everything that's troubling your heart. Absolutely stellar performance by
@jazzart_dance
&
@mashirikarwanda
🤌
#Ubumuntu
@10
#Ubumuntu2024
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Umuyobozi
@HopeAzeda
ati: “Turi gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo rino serukiramuco rikomeye cyane muri
#Africa
rikomeze kuba ubuntu kuri bose. Amafaranga ari bukusanywe mu gitaramo
#IkazeNight
azahita ashyirwa mu myiteguro y’
#Ubumuntu
2018 ku buryo rizanyura abazaza”
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Earlier today at Lillian's Dance Workshop which took place at Club Rafiki. What a good time! 🙌
#Ubumuntu
@10
#Ubumuntu2024
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#Ubumuntu2017
The amphitheatre at
@Kigali_Memorial
is undergoing an amazing transformation ...
We can't wait for you to see it!
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What a mind-blowing and emotional performance dubbed 'Harmony of heroes.' Welcome to Day 2 of
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
#Ubumuntu
@10
#Ubumuntu2024
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.
@mashirikarwanda
& Collaborative Arts Ensemble unite to recreate Generation 25.The play now features global stories of victims of wars.
#Ubumuntu2019
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@HopeAzeda
is one of the leading figures in contemporary Rwandan theatre.
She is the curator of the Ubumuntu Arts Festival.
To kickstart our home chat conversations this season,
@S_Iraguha
will sit down for a chat with Hope this Wednesday April 19th on Instagram live at 7pm
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It's 39 Days to
#Ubumuntu2019
!
We are humbled by the courage and unending spirit of resilience for humanity by the artists, supporters, and donors.
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Happening Now: The
#MusicisHumanity
workshop with New York Hip Hop Artist Queen Herawin & Founder of the Hip Hop education center Producer J.
We are discussing the origin of Hip Hip & the culture of inequality that was the root of the genre.
#UbumuntuArtsFestival
#Ubumuntu2023
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🎭Great Minds Think Alike 🎭 - a mash up from
@BRIDGE_Theatre
and
@mashirikarwanda
at tonight's opening of
#Ubumuntu2018
that shows just how much we all have in common.
#Humanity
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Ubumuntu Arts Festival is pleased to partner with
@HuzaPress
for their upcoming KigaliLit event: An Evening with
@lolashoneyin
!
Special thanks to
@GoetheKigali
✨
For more details, check out the poster below!
#Ubumuntu2019
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"We were never meant to live through walls. We built them with fear, now let us bring them down, with love."
#Ubumuntu2019
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