When We See Us – Rwanda and the power of traditional wisdom | Jeanne Adili Ndatirwa | TEDxBerlin
When We See Us – Rwanda and the power of traditional wisdom | Jeanne Adili Ndatirwa | TEDxBerlin
Reflecting on their identity and experiences, the speaker discusses the evolution of their perception of themselves and Rwanda, emphasizing the importance of traditional knowledge systems. They recount the complex history of Rwanda, from colonial influences to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and share how witnessing Rwanda’s resilience and…
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I can attest to the cow and cleanliness story. God bless you for sharing…
That's wonderful
I am beyond proud and happy to see this Ted talk 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Well done! Thank you.
Elaborated summary of the truth
Indeed, home is where one begins, Africa must embrace her cultural identity religion values and beliefs
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bet the husband is a mzungu
Thank you for your contribution Sister Jeanne 👏👏 I am so proud of you ur'uwagaciro cyane.
Rwanda is truly an amazing country that can teach many lessons about not just genocide/reconciliation but about good governance.
Living in Rwanda off and on being from Quebec taught me a lot about our own ethnic issues and how the only way to solve the issue is shared prosperity. Quebec was pretty backwards before 1960 and an English population of about 15% ruled over the very traditional French catholic majority which led to a lot of animosity. When I saw French québécois writing genocide denial pieces about Rwanda a few conclusions clicked.
Our divisions are similar because of a shared history of feudalism and French and english colonialism still splitting the world on colonial languages. The attitudes of both groups to each other are very similar and our demographic sizes are almost exactly the same with a back and forth of ethnic rivalries but… we didn’t have a genocide because even though Quebec was much poorer than the rest of North America we were still a lot richer than Rwanda and there was no geopolitical power play possible in Quebec while contrary to popular belief in the west, Rwanda is a very important strategic country.
In Quebec you still have older people who will not accept their family members to marry and Anglo or québécois and the same thing in Rwanda but the young people don’t care. Quebec was a way more backwards place even 30-40 years ago and the transformation in Rwanda is incomparable. Meanwhile in Congo where things have not changed but maybe got worse since the 90s, genocide ideology is seing a massive resurgence. In America economic conditions are getting worse and race problems are getting worse. The mix of scarcity and tribalism is deadly. Who cares who’s a Hutu or Tutsi when everyone’s lives are getting better. Who cares if the Anglos are doing well if québécois are thriving and don’t feel like second class citizens in their own province. With mutual respect and prosperity, ethnic lines will break down as people intermarry, this is why in a couple generations I hope these petty ethnic rivalries in my homeland and the country I’ve felt truly welcomed in, can truly be a thing of the past because it serves zero purpose in post colonial states
Funny that the privileged ones(tutsi) say there's no sectarianism yet the underprivileged (hutu) say there's sectarianism
Thank you for your presentation about our country, Rwandans, we're proud of you.
Monumental, Jeanne! What an insightful and inspiring combination of erudition, humility and wisdom.
Articulate African voices must be heard in the telling of our own stories and yours is unabashedly strong and clear. Thank you!
Wow! My country 🇷🇼💙💛💚
This is one of the brilliant talk I ever seen which is summarizing the truth history and culture of Rwanda. Thank you my sister much appreciated ❤.
The genocide wasnt againist the Tutsi…but i only agree that are the ones who were much affected. Dont ignore the rest who were also affected. Tutsi were also criminal during 1994 genocide, dont clean then 100%
I’m from Kivu, half of which finds itself in Rwanda and half in Congo today. that whole region has its own flavour, its own feel for life handed down from the urewe culture/ civilisation. Leopold of Belgium had no right to draw boundaries around these people and separate them forever 😢
And keep in mind that Congolese are being killed by Tutsi
Nakunze uburyo wambaye neza mubyeyi nk'umunyarwandakazi.
Kandi wakoze gusobanira amateka y'u Rwanda abantu batari bayazi.
Wakoze!!
Congratulations!!!
My sister, I appreciate your eloquence, but your speech is nothing but current Rwandan autocratic regime's propaganda aimed at hiding inconvenient truths & masking their role in our country's woes. For your information, Hutus, Tutsis & Twas existed under the Tutsis aristocratic rule way before colonial anthropologists entered Rwanda & Burundi. Congratulations 👏👏
Umuganda was created by Habyalimana and continued by Kagame, check your facts 🤷🏿♂️
Iam proud to be Rwandan ❤❤❤❤I hope to will make the same statement about my Country one day ❤❤
what a wonderful talk If we have more talks like this we can build fantastic and remarkable world. God bless you J.Adili Ndatirwa
Thank you, Ndatirwa 🙏 tell 'em
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Excellent! I wish we can have many more Ndatirwa like you. Thumbs up Sister!
Thanks for the presentation, here are some of my thoughts:
Gira Inka, akarima k’igikoni and all the likes:- I believe it’s time to think beyond these small projects, I can’t picture how these projects will make us a second or first world country. Perhaps it’s time to think about industrialization? Let’s think big; how would you feel if:
– Rwanda is free from poverty,
– all its citizens can have 3 good meals a day
– parents don’t have to worry where the next meal to feed their families will come from.
Ubumuntu, indangagaciro, agaciro:- these are just mere words tbh, in the East African region we have beefs with all the neighboring countries; borders are closed and we the Rwandans suffer. There is no value in these words, if we are a problem to all our neighboring countries.
Umuganda:- let’s become a first or second world then we can give these umuganda jobs to companies. Why should a Rwandan citizen be ordered to go and clean a school, a road, ….. so yeah, let’s build a strong economy and then bring in company’s to do such jobs for the citizens.
Last but not least, almost 30 years later (after the genocide) and we are still talking about tribes, blaming colonialism for all our troubles. It’s time to realize that Kagame’s regime has failed us. Although most of us were born as refugees and this regime brought us back into the country, I’ll be thankful for that but I won’t give credit where there is no longer anything to credit. Let’s acknowledge that this regime has failed us, We the youth, let’s have open discussions about the future of our country. My prayers and hope is to see Rwanda:
– as a country that doesn’t see tribe,
– a country for all Rwandans.
– a country of wealth, health, democracy for all.
– a country where all citizens are fulfilled, content and happy.
– a country where the citizen feel like ‘there is no place like home (Rwanda)’ thus no reason to migrate.
– a country that flows honey and milk, just like our forefathers used to say!
You yelled about terrorism to be ended by Ubuntu but why are killing so many Congolese and plunder their minerals? I am very saddened about Ted talk, talking so many lies and untruths.
Stopped by Rwandan, children of refugees who are also genociders. These children’s of Rwandan refugees killed 8 millions. That’s right 8 millions in democratic republic of Congo. Thanks but no thanks because you are so biased and full of lies to do what you know better Lies. Ubwenge.
Well done 👏 🎉sister Jeanne. You got this talent , amazing teacher . Proud of you.
No, that's incorrect. The speech portrays a political narrative of the Tutsi Brotherhood that goes against the truth. While it's your right to express your thoughts and opinions to millions, it's regrettable to base them on falsehoods by examining history from only one perspective. Please, delve into an investigation and consider the other side.
I'm not Rwandan, as you know, but I've delved into Rwanda's history and the genocide. The issue at hand is, if Hutusi refered to the upper class and not an ethnic group, why are even the privileged Hutus denied rights and freedom in Rwanda? Why do some Tutsis, without cows, still identify themselves as Tutsi? Additionally, why did Paul Kagame and Habiarimana fight, despite both belonging to the VIP class?
Your narrative seems to serve the Tutsi ideology exclusively. I'm not suggesting you shouldn't express your viewpoint, but an unbiased person may find it challenging to trust your perspective.
thanks for this wonderful sppech…From a fellow Rwandan🙏
Thank you dear Jeanine for this informatively presentation our history must be told by us!
Brilliant!