Author archive for Dave Fullerton

  • Mar312013

    “They should still be here”

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    The Irish writer and journalist Fergal Keane, who travelled through Rwanda as the genocide was ending said, “this is not a subject for fine words.” Yet the memorials, selected writings and simple descriptions by Rwandans are both beautiful and intensely moving.

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  • Mar312013

    Umuganda: community work day

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    Well, this morning we did our first lot of filming. So pleased! We were delighted to find out yesterday that…

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  • Mar292013

    First impressions

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    WELL IT’S GOOD FRIDAY and we’ve just finished breakfast. It’s pretty packed at the Good News Guesthouse this morning. There’s a…

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  • Mar172013

    First female commercial pilot

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  • Mar172013

    What’s the weather like in Rwanda?

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    RWANDA IS JUST SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR and its relatively high altitude (most of it is well over 1500 meters) means…

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  • Mar122013

    Ardyn Halter: stained glass

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    ONE OF TWO STAINED GLASS WINDOWS in Gisozi Genocide Memorial Centre, Kigali. Both are by Israeli artist Ardyn Halter. His notes…

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  • Mar052013

    Ikobe Musik Group

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    Let yourself go to a world beyond hipster irony or the fastest-ever double-kick Mexican death-core… to the intricate, melodic crossroads between tradition and modernity.

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  • Mar032013

    African roots guitar

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    Jacques ‘Popo’ Murigande calls his music ‘world blues’. He loves playing around the intersection of the different traditional styles of Batwa, Bahutu and Batutsi music.

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  • Mar022013

    Poo-powered prisons

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    Rwanda’s fourteen prisons have introduced bio-gas burners, 75% powered by the inmates’ own waste. The burners need one thing –…

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  • Apr072012

    Gorilla trekking $750 from 1st June 2012

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    The cost of a permit to track the mountain gorillas will increase from $500 to $750 starting on 1st June…

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