Beyond Ethnic Politics and Fear: Hutu, Tutsi, and Ethnicity in Rwanda by Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD. New Jersey, USA, May 19, 2009. INTRODUCTION Fifteen years after the small nation of Rwanda experienced one of the worst tragedies of the modern history, the core problems remain unresolved. While most people, including Great Lakes Region experts, humanitarian…
In our discourse titled the Dilemma of Dictators Part 1, we set a stage by contrasting a few African dictators with a figure from the Hebrew Bible. In this second part, we will continue by looking at the dilemmas faced by dictators and propose how to overcome them. We focus on how dictators come to…
Part IV of AfroAmerica Network’s series: The Dilemma of Dictators focused on arguably the most ruthless, corrupt, and cunning dictator that Africa has ever known: the self styled General Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda. As we write this, the extent of his appalling human rights record and massacres and his empire of corruption is being…
Right to Respond. From: Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD To: New Times Editors Dear Editors of New Times, As this year 2008 touches its end, I take the opportunity to address you this note: a right to respond. I challenge you to publish this brief commentary, if not out of fairness, at least to show that in…
Washington, D.C.: “Crossing the chasm: The pride of African shepherd’s exuberance.” AfroAmerica Network. Baltimore, December 26, 2008. On September 1, 2004, AfroAmerica Newtrok editors wrote the article titled “Baraka Obama, from goat shepherd to US Congress: “ I will make you the shepherd of man””. Little did they know that the prophesy will become true….
Pourquoi j’ai voté pour le Président Barack Obama pour le second mandat. Je viens tout juste de remplir mon bulletin de vote. Avant de pousser le bouton, j ‘ai eu une minute de pause en réfléchissant sur l’importance de cette action. J’ai voté pour le président Barack Obama pour le second mandat. J’ai voté pour Barack Obama,…
Rwanda: When Statistics Lie Being an ignorant in economics matters, I approached my friend Dr. Felicien Kanyamibwa who is a statistician and econometrician and a Rwandan expert to explain the discrepancies in the Rwandan GDP and economic growth numbers. I was trying to understand the discussions between two Rwandans: One, Dr. Ngarambe Joseph, who claimed…
Black Panther: A movie I invite everyone to watch; Highlights of Challenges Faced by Resources Rich Africa and Blacks. by Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD, MqBA., Feb 18, 2018 With Black Panther, Ryan Coogler created a master piece. It is a movie to watch by almost every one. With a predominantly Black cast and strong women characters,…
*USA** condemns renegade groups FAR/Interahamwe: but who are they? ** *** By AfroAmerica Network. November 16, 2007. AfroAmerica Network has obtained the lengthy “Congolese and Rwandan Joint Communiqué Against Armed Presence in Eastern DRC”, signed in Nairobi, on November 9, 2007 by the Congolese Foreign Affairs Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi, the Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister…
The Black History Month: A reflection on the dilemma of Black tyrants in Africa. Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD with the edits from David O’Brian, AfroAmerica Network, Baltimore, MD, March 1, 2007. Recently, I read an article from Mr. Servilien Sebasoni, the spokesperson of the ruling RPF, about the dilemma of a liberator, comparing Rwandan General Kagame …
