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Kigali festival's animation selection screenings across 10 and 12 October 2025: Nyiragitwa: Daughter of Sacyega (Rwanda, 10 Oct); Hadu (Nigeria, 12 Oct); Dawn (Cameroon, 12 Oct). Short runtimes calculated from published programme
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Kigali festival's animation selection screenings across 10 and 12 October 2025: Nyiragitwa: Daughter of Sacyega (Rwanda, 10 Oct); Hadu (Nigeria, 12 Oct); Dawn (Cameroon, 12 Oct). Short runtimes calculated from published programme
Kami is a thirteen-year-old orphan in Rwanda's Anatwe Village who longs to find his parents. Just as he prepares to begin his search, ancestral spirits appoint him custodian of their powers, bringing him to the attention of danger
IN THE YEAR 1200 AFTER THE GREAT FLOODS, AN EMPIRE AWOKE ON THE SHORES OF THE EASTERN SEA, BENT ON CONQUERING THE KNOWN WORLD. IT SPREAD NORTH, SOUTH, WEST AND EAST, BRINGING TRADE AND PROSPERITY TO NATIONS THAT DID NOT RESIST ITS
In seventeenth-century Rwanda, Nyiragitwa refuses an arranged early marriage, falls in love with Munyantore, faces powerful opposition and eventually becomes a vizier, challenging expectations around her choice to marry.