Living in a “showcase” city: Kigali
Audio 48:30
View of Kigali.
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By: Laure Broulard Follow |
Emmanuelle Bastide
53 mins
This week, 7 Billion Neighbors takes you in their suitcases to explore cities around the world.
Town planning, society, transport, leisure: from Kigali to Tokyo via Medellin, RFI correspondents and our guests present the daily life of our neighbors.
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With :
Laure Broulard
, journalist, RFI correspondent in Kigali, Rwanda.
Musical programming:
Bruce Melodie - "Saa Moya
"
Rwandan singer
Bruce Melodie
, lover of r'n'b and soul, has become one of the standard bearers of current Rwandan music.
He was the first Rwandan artist to enter the Coke Studio Africa show in 2017. Before embarking on a solo career, Bruce Mélodie was a piano teacher in a choir, which inspired his stage name Melodie.
His title "
Saa Moya
"
made the buzz last year because it was released shortly before the government put a curfew at 7 pm, or "
Saa Moya"
means "7 am
"
in Kinyarwanda ...
Bushali - "Kugasima
"
Rwandan artist Bushali is one of the pioneers of
Kinyatrap
, this musical genre that combines the sounds of trap, a famous style invented in the southern United States in the early 2000s, and Kinyarwanda, the Rwandan national language.
Launched in 2016 by a handful of young rappers from Kigali, it has now become a very popular genre among Rwandan youth.
The title "
Kugasima
"
comes from the
eponymous album
released in 2019.
Munyanshoza Dieudonné Mibirizi - "
Twarabakundaga"
During the commemoration period for the genocide against the Tutsi, radio stations, like bars, must play commemorative songs for a month.
“
Twarabakundaga”
by Munyanshoza Dieudonné is one such commemorative song, and is very popular in Rwanda.
Platini P - "Atansiyo
"
Former member of the
Dream Boyz
duo
, Platini Nemeye alias Platini P has embarked on a solo career and is now one of the 10 most renowned Rwandan musicians.
He now says he is ready for an international career, and is turning to Nigeria, a country which, with artists like
Wizkid
,
Burna Boy
or
Davido
, has become the gateway to Africa to conquer the music scene. global.
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