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...Iwacu i Burundi... A Word on the Stages of a Burundian's Life, Volume I (Nyamushirwa Lydwine)
A Burundian life, stage by stage, told by a woman who trained generations. Nyamushirwa Lydwine, trained in both France and Burundi, opens this first volume reflecting on life's rites of passage.
An author with an unusual path
Born in 1952 on Rutamanzura hill, Nyamushirwa Lydwine studied in Bujumbura, earned a university technology diploma in Chatenay-Malabry, France, then directed Burundi's National Ballets for nearly a decade before turning to cultural work and writing.
Life's stages, not a simple narrative
« Ijambo mu ntambwe z'ubuzima bw'Umurundi » — literally « A word on the stages of a Burundian's life » — positions this Volume I as an opening door: the author herself notes on the last page that « more books will follow this one ». Written in Kirundi, the text speaks first to Burundian readers wanting to pass on to their children what traditional rites say about life.
A read for anyone who wants to understand Burundi from within — not from a foreign textbook.
- Author: Nyamushirwa Lydwine
- Volume: I
- Language: Kirundi
- Pages: approx. 95 (estimate)
- Weight: 183.57 g
