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Niyonzima posted an update: The Gold in the Mist: Why Coffee — Not Tea — Is […]

Sun, 31 May 2026 21:08:50 +0000

The Gold in the Mist: Why Coffee — Not Tea — Is Kisoro’s Real Path to Household Wealth and Jobs

By a concerned voice for Kisoro’s economic future

The hills of Kisoro have always held treasure. Draped in equatorial mist, sculpted by ancient volcanic eruptions, and kissed by two rainy seasons a year, this corner of southwestern Uganda sits among… Read more

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Sun, 31 May 2026 19:47:03 +0000

Wooow let me take a look

In reply to - Niyonzima posted an update in the group Abasinga ~1000 AD. Bahutu Bantu groups migrate from Congo into the Great Lakes region, beginning the layered settlement of Bufumbira.
Before 1500. Batutsi arrive […]

Niyonzima posted an update in the group Abasinga: ~1000 AD. Bahutu Bantu groups migrate from Congo […]

Sun, 31 May 2026 16:06:59 +0000

~1000 AD. Bahutu Bantu groups migrate from Congo into the Great Lakes region, beginning the layered settlement of Bufumbira.

Before 1500. Batutsi arrive in present-day Rwanda. Displaced clan leaders, including Basinga lineages, migrate and settle in Bufumbira.

1830s. Mpama, son of Bumbogo, becomes the first Mutusi chief… Read more

Niyonzima posted an update in the group Abasinga: Before borders were drawn and kingdoms reorganised, […]

Sun, 31 May 2026 15:55:20 +0000

Before borders were drawn and kingdoms reorganised, the Basinga held court across the Great Lakes. This is their story — from the hills of Rwanda to the valleys of Kisoro.

In the extreme southwestern corner of Uganda, where the Virunga volcanoes rise dramatically against the sky and the borders of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of…

Niyonzima posted a new activity comment

Sun, 31 May 2026 15:27:29 +0000

@vicent-nemeye this is wonderful and amazing. We should use this ground to document our history. I am practically trying to script down a fiction fron our realities since the 1960s.

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This is a great chance for us to know on which linage we might connect from as Abasinga. Who can trace their ancestry line? And what do u know about ur clan.. […]

Niyonzima posted an update: President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Hon. Akifeza […]

Thu, 28 May 2026 21:23:39 +0000

President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Hon. Akifeza Grace Ngabirano, Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament, as State Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs in Uganda’s new 2026–2031 cabinet.

This is no ordinary appointment. The post had been vacant since the passing of former minister Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateeke, making Akifeza’s…

Niyonzima posted an update in the group Abasinga: This is a great chance for us to know on which linage […]

Thu, 28 May 2026 21:08:17 +0000

This is a great chance for us to know on which linage we might connect from as Abasinga. Who can trace their ancestry line? And what do u know about ur clan.. let’s document it together

Niyonzima posted a new activity comment

Tue, 26 May 2026 22:23:23 +0000

More on the batwa, but made of entirely kisoro people

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A story that tells a life a mutual mother surviving in a foreign world from the forest, trying to make ends meet for herself and her son. Florence chimpaye Mariserena won Best Actress […]

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Tue, 26 May 2026 05:25:53 +0000

Tickets go at 15,000

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Have we ever witnessed stories told from kisoro making it to world stages. In 2021, a crew made up of a group from England and kisoro breed film makers worked on a short film Nyama […]

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Tue, 26 May 2026 05:25:26 +0000

No, currently the film is in festivals making money. However it will be showing today at metroplex in Naalya at 7pm and on 3rd at acacia mall same time. Entrance fee is 15k

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A story that tells a life a mutual mother surviving in a foreign world from the forest, trying to make ends meet for herself and her son. Florence chimpaye Mariserena won Best Actress […]

Niyonzima posted an update: A story that tells a life a mutual mother surviving in […]

Mon, 25 May 2026 22:55:14 +0000

A story that tells a life a mutual mother surviving in a foreign world from the forest, trying to make ends meet for herself and her son. Florence chimpaye Mariserena won Best Actress in the whole wide Africa, competing with decade trained actresses, but margins victorious. This is a direct sign of how much raw power we still hold to showcase…

Niyonzima posted an update: Have we ever witnessed stories told from kisoro making it […]

Mon, 25 May 2026 22:45:10 +0000

Have we ever witnessed stories told from kisoro making it to world stages. In 2021, a crew made up of a group from England and kisoro breed film makers worked on a short film Nyama that focused on the Human impact of game conservation. The Batwa told there story as hoe it used to be in the forest. The film won best short film in Africa at…