Music events that rocked 2016’s entertainment calendar
The New Times, December 30th 2016
Most of us are accustomed to dancing on floors built of concrete cement, not on a boat in the middle of a lake, swinging from side to side. That’s what the Barge Party is all about; revellers party on a boat while sailing on Lake Kivu, viewing the beautiful islands on the lake.
Beyond Safaris: The Creative Hubs to Visit in Africa Now
Vogue, December 8th 2016
When most travelers plan a trip to Africa, they dream of gazing at free-roaming lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, and rhinoceroses—the “Big Five.” And while a safari in Africa can be a trip of a lifetime, it certainly is not the only way to explore this incredibly multifaceted continent. Radically changing the typical travel narrative and giving visitors a new way to see Africa is Cherae Robinson, founder of Tastemakers Africa.
Using art to ght HIV stigma
The New Times, May 08, 2016
Judith Kaine is the founder and Creative Director of Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga (To Create, To See, To Learn), a public-art project that uses visual and street arts to highlight social issues in Rwanda, bringing together contemporary Rwandan artists and community-stakeholders. She talks to Sunday Magazine’s Moses Opobo about it.
Educative street art to transform Kigali streets
The East African, February 27th 2016
While most Kigali residents are unsure of this kind of art, a nongovernmental socialenterprise called Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga, (to create, to see, to learn) has entered into partnership with Sadolin Paints to increase the acceptance of educative street art through a project called Arts Umuganda project...
Colouring the Transforming City of Kigali
Inzozi, December 2015 - February 2016
Art brings us together. Through the creation of painters, poets, photographers and potters, we find common ground in beauty and human expression. In Rwanda, a group of mural makers is bringing a splash of colour to the transforming City of Kigali. Meet Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga...
Street art: How murals are changing lives
The New Times, July 29th 2015
Bonfils Ngabonziza is one of Rwanda’s most talented young contemporary artists. After finishing high school, he realised that his true passion lay in the arts and decided to teach himself to become a painter first, then a muralist.
Rwanda Travel: 5 Immersive Cultural Experiences In Kigali
Epicure and Culture, June 30th 2015
Too often, travelers skip Rwanda’s beautiful capital city to go trekking around mountain gorillas, relax by Lake Kivu or join a safari at the Akagera National Park. At most, they spend a day in Kigali visiting genocide memorial sites...
Duracoat works with Rwanda artists
Basco Paints
Always on the lookout for nurturing exciting talent and supporting a worthy cause, Duracoat together with our distributors in Rwanda, Akagera Paint Group, worked with a public arts programme bringing together contemporary artists and adolescents living with or affected by HIV.
7 things you must do in Rwanda
Wanderlust, June 7th 2014
Right in the heart of Africa you can find the land of a thousand hills, a treasure chest of beauty and originality. Rwanda’s landscape is beautifully lush and unfolding, and the people are some of the kindest I’ve met. Here are 7 highlights from my trip...
In Rwanda, Looking to Art to Soothe
The New York Times, May 30th 2014
"There's no way you'll find it yourself," the artist Strong Karakire told me on the phone, when I asked for directions to his studio in Nyamirambo, a lively neighbourhood in the Rwandan capital of Kigali where dirt roads climb the steep hills past modest dwellings...
Kaine uses visual art to fight stigma and discrimination
The New Times, April 19th 2014
Joseph Oindo met with Judith Kaine, the founder and coordinator of Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga, (translated: To Create, To See, To Learn), a public arts project that uses visual and street arts to address stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/Aids in Rwanda...
Gaia "Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga" New Mural Baltimore, USA
Street Art News, January 31th 2014
The American street artist dropped "Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga", a beautiful Mandela memorial in Sowebo which you will be able to find on Mchenry street...
HIV/Aids: Using art to stamp out stigma
The New Times, November 26th 2013
Several artists gathered at Panama Bar and Café in Remera, over the weekend to participate in a new initiative designed to enable people that are affected by HIV/Aids fight the stigma through visual arts...
