Sunday, 30 September 2018

Rwanda: My muse. 1st eBook by Rwanda Cultural Icon Cecile Kayirebwa

Collection 1 Kinyarwanda: RWANDA Wowe Utuma Mpimba version is OUT NOW!!!

To follow in the course of OCTOBER are:
Collection 2 English - RWANDA: My Muse and
Collection 3 French - RWANDA: Ma Muse

This collection of eBook is released by Market Fifty Four, a publishing house based in the Netherland specialising in the release and distribution of short African stories in original language.

After the release of renown Somali poet *Hanna Ali: Story Of Us*, this is the Market Fifty Four 2nd release.

*WOWE UTUMA MPIMBA by Cécile Kayirebwa* is a collection of 4 short stories.

1) INZOZI DATA YANDOTEYE (Dreams of my father)

Written for her URUKUMBUZI album released in 2016 -Kayirebwa tell about the prophetic dream her father had about a gifted daughter who will take Rwanda traditional culture beyond Rwanda and throughout the world with her voice, words and music.

INZOZI DATA YANDOTEYE (Rêves de mon père)

Écrit pour son album URUKUMBUZI sorti en 2016 -Kayirebwa raconte le rêve prophétique de son père à propos d'une fille douée qui portera la culture traditionnelle au-delà des frontières du Rwanda pour le monde entier avec sa voix, sa prose et sa musique.

2) TARAHINDA 

Exhortation and encouragement to the pleasure of dancing, singing and reciting poems with joy and happiness!! Kayirebwa praise famous artists, dancers, Inanga players, singers that all Rwandans are expected to be familiar with.

Exhortation et encouragement au plaisir de danser, chanter et réciter des poèmes avec joie et bonheur! Kayirebwa fait l'éloge des artistes célèbres, des danseurs, des joueurs d'Inanga, chanteurs que tous les Rwandais sont censés connaître.

3) UBUTUMWA (The Message)

The last moment of a victim of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis, UBUTUMWA are the last thoughts and words of Kayirebwa's brother at the instant before being caught and loosing his battle against the killers. Poignant and terrifying words yet hopeful that Rwandans will come out as a united and stronger nation together.

Le dernier moment d'une victime du génocide de 1994 contre les Tutsis, UBUTUMWA est la dernière pensée et le dernier mot du frère de Kayirebwa à l'instant où il a été attrapé et a perdu sa bataille contre les tueurs. Des mots poignants et terrifiants, mais portant l'éspoir que les Rwandais en sortiront ensemble comme une nation unie et fortifiée.

4) NKUNDE MAMA (Love to Mama)

Kayirebwa reflects on the love of a mother, she take the time to think of hers and the strong bound between them recalling memories full of tenderness.

Kayirebwa réflète sur l'amour d'une mère, elle prend le temps de penser a la sienne, à la devotion et ces liens forts qui les unissent, rappelant des souvenirs pleins de tendresse.

Available to buy online now: https://marketfiftyfour.com/products/wowe-utuma-mpimba-e-book

These short stories provides to the readers a deep insightful look of a little known aspect of Rwanda rich cultural heritage.

#VisitRwanda

Saturday, 8 September 2018

Kigali 2018- Ubuntu Soul Session 14th September


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UBUNTU SOUL SESSION is about inter-connectedness. The aim is to inject some humanity and purpose in the way we build our social life, design events and create innovative clubland/cultural experiences.
‘For this UBUNTU SOUL SESSION, we are welcoming a plethora of diaspora talents, local, regional and international artists in various field of performances who will showcase their art, vision of unity and connectedness through sonic storytelling’ - 

               Musician, DJ's, Singer and rappers all under the same roof - Thats UBUNTU SOUL SESSION!

Doors open 7pm
FREE b4 10.30
Rwf 3,000 therafter
White Horse – (Opposite Ecole Belge)



From 8pm LIVE MUSIC
SHAVU & WU (Germany)
special guest Nganji Arnaud (Rwanda) & DJ Loy (Wild Lion Sound from Germany)
‘Diaspora Sounds means different vibes across borders, it means home and (re)defining home. It's a diversity that connects the motherland to her people all over the world……With my music I am bringing a unique mix of Neo-Soul, RnB, Reggae and Spoken Word to the table. In my lyrics I talk about rwandan german identity, activism, black history and ways of healing’ - SHAVU


Listen / Buy Shavu & Wu album In Our Art


From 11pm till late DJ's ON ROTATION

COCO EM (Nairobi)
         Rising female DJ star from Nairobi, her commitment to DJing has kept on shining, landing her regular gigs in Nairobi and the sub-region, and even Boiler Room and Nyege Nyege Festival set earlier this year.

Coco Em live at BOILER ROOM Nairobi







HUILY HUILE (Canada/Rwanda) 
Based in Toronto and of Rwandan origin, Huily Huile is a DJ/Broadcaster passionate about deep research into diasporic sounds. This will be his 1st homeland DJ set. 

'We try to curate panafrican and diasporic black music, and disrupt the way we listen to it
and experience it in white settler societies' - DJ HUILY HUILE

Hear Huily Huile' mix of classic vintage, electronic & discoveries


SELEKTAH K'Ru (Rwanda) 
Globetrotter and traveller, this is a man who landed to live, study and work in various part of the globe. From the USA, to Ivory Coast through Mauritia, Kevin Rugamba aka Selektah K'ru, is an ethnomusicologist / DJ / producer who take his music to academic level. Always on the move between teaching classes at the African Leadership University and DJing around clubs, bar and high profile events around the city.

He will be performing at UBuntu Soul Session fresh from his 1st appearance at Nyege Nyege festival.

Listen to Selektah K'Ru's AFRICAN SUMM8R mix



Contact press / media / enquiries

@afrobysoul
afrogroov@yahoo.com



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