We switch gears now for a story from Rwanda. You'll probably remember that in the mid-1990s, a horrific conflict between the country's two main ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis, resulted in the ...

Millions of Rwandans and other Kinyarwanda speakers have struggled to understand why changes were recently introduced in the language's orthography. The new instructions on how to write Kinyarwanda ...

As Rwanda marks Heroes Day later this week, a moment meant to reflect on the values that sustained a people through adversity and rebuilt a nation from the ashes, it is fitting that attention has ...

Two years ago, Lydiella Hakizimana knew no more than a few words of English. Today it is her favourite subject. As the bell rings for the start of the day at Paysannat L School, just outside Mahama ...

Many African countries had indigenous languages before colonisation imposed the languages of the colonial powers, typically English, French, or Portuguese. Tanzania’s colonial language was English ...