Paul Kagame, my modern day Thomas Sankara
APRIL 07, 2015
Waow, the boldness and frankness! A new wave of African leadership. Respect ! Seeing Sankara through him.
“To those who teach us freedom, democracy and human rights while protecting those who killed one million of our people, we say to you: Rwanda has changed for good and forever.We will stand up for our right.
How can you plot my death at night and give me lessons about how to live my life in the morning.
Rwanda, we are a small country in the middle of nowhere but we are a country of people. People who have pride in themselves. People who are ready for peace and for war for our rights.”
- President Kagame speaking at the 21st Commemoration of the Genocide Against the Tutsi.
APRIL 13, 2015
I understand he is a very controversial figure in the world, and my previous post about him testified that he is certainly not a unanimous heroe; and I came to understand that he committed lots of crimes/injustices and has his share of unjust actions; But man... he speaks so much sense, I cannot not share this :
"For fifty years, they have been telling us about poverty reduction. When we speak of poverty eradication, they tell us it is not possible, implying that for us, poverty must remain. For fifty years, the methods of development have been the same and we have seen no change. Our universities should be teaching that Rwandans deserve better than being beggars and living off the wealth of others. Some of those who give us aid today were where we were 60 years ago. But they used their history to transform their nation. We were all created with equal abilities. There is nothing we are missing to transform our nation. Transformation is up to each and every one of you. There is no shortcut.”
- President Kagame speaking to over 10,000 students gathered at the University of Rwanda campus in Huye.
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I understand what you mean. He is a controversial figure but he also speaks the truth......
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