Have huts for milk, for beer, for wives, for children and for servants. In addition to the king‟s hut, the royal compound would Would have resided in, and differ from the ordinary huts (such as the one on INMR‟s These are the type of huts that the kings preceding Rudahigwa On the premises of the Rukari royal palace several traditional royal huts have been Many of the artistsĪddress the genocide by expressing themes of sorrow, reconciliation and hope. Museum, which houses works by Rwandan artists – both past and present. This building has in recent years been turned into the Rwesero Arts Never got to move into the newly built palace at Rwesero – the hill adjacent to the courtyard He died before the actual revolution, some say by the hands of the Belgians. This palace until he had to flee due to the unstable political situation preceding the Social Gallery, which runs across the whole length of the building (figure 10). The front of the building is decorated with an almost monumental entrance and a Shorter sides is for bathrooms and the king‟s garage, while the second shorter side contains Traditional royal residences with its clearly European features it‟s three sides encloses aīackyard, the longest part of the palace contains the bedrooms and living-rooms, one of the Palace that was built for king Mutara 3 Rudahigwa at Rukari marked a departure from the December 2008, for information on her research in Rwanda.ĥ3 See chapter 1 for an introduction to the pre-colonial and colonial kings. Place: INMR.ĥ2 See Jane Humphris ”Iron Production in Southern Rwanda: a Summary of Recent Research” in Nyame Akuma, No. Focusing on the late pre-colonial past may therefore be seen as a way of “re-moralizing” values, traditions and hence society.ĥ1 Interview with Professor Kanimba Misago, October 29 2009. ![]() Place: INMR.ĥ0 The colonial years are seen by many as a time when values and traditions were”demoralized” (Audrey Richards: 1969 The Multicultural States of East Africa, McGill-Queen’s University Press, London). The royalĤ9 Interview with André Ntagwabira, October 30 2009. The area had howeverīeen the location of the kingdom‟s capital from the late 1800s (Misago 2008). To Rukari, in the Nyanza area – a hill just adjacent to the former capital. 53 The new king then moved the capital of the kingdom King Musinga reigned during the early years of colonialism, but had to give up the throne inġ931 to his son Mutara 3 Rudahigwa. Recent work in Rwanda may prove very important in a potential extension of theĦ.4 Case study 4: The Royal Palace in Nyanza. Material from Giblin and Humphris‟ 52 more Knowledge of Rwandan Stone Age and Iron Age. The museum‟s collection was incorporated in the exhibitions, so as to enhance the visitors‟ 51 Nevertheless, it would be interesting if the archaeological material available in Of the interpretations, as well as the archaeological material in itself, has been brought out of Also, it is a fact that most of the archaeological excavations in Rwanda wereĬonducted by foreigners in the years preceding independence. Is an important factor in the choices made at the museum, but so is the post-1959 political Hence, Rwanda‟s status as a former colony Previous colonies to emphasize the more recent part of their past 50 and hence moreĮthnographic material, as observed at the INMR. The reasons for the choices made in the exhibitions may partially be found in the tendency of ![]() The pre-colonial era is no doubt an important part of the Rwandan past, but it seems to beĬommunicated at the expense of Rwandan prehistory, such as the Stone Age and the Iron Age.
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