and site visits of entrepreneurs here in Rwanda, what better way to end the day than with a dance performance.
Collin Sekajugo is a fine artist and founder and director of Ivuka Arts Center, a cooperative of 15 artists in Kigali. He also founded the RwaMakondera (Rwandan Horns) Children’s Dance Troupe, an amazing group of young children that Collin found begging on the streets. He taught them traditional Rwandan dances and brought them into an artistic community where they could find a sense of belonging and a place to develop their own self-expression.
These young children ages 3-12 crowded into their small outdoor rehearsal space and performed for us non-stop for an hour. It was a joyful time, and many other kids from the neighborhood crowded around us. Before long I had many three and four year olds on my lap, hanging on to my arms, and learning what all the buttons on my Nikon D90 do.
I shot no less than 170 images.
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