Making is cultural atavism - Why the maker movement belongs in Rwanda
"In the West, the Maker Movement is a counter-culture. In Rwanda, however, making is the national doctrine....In Rwanda, we are all Makers."
I ponder these words as I'm reading the above linked article about Rwandan makers. I went to Rwanda 20 years ago - Kigali, Rwanda to be specific, prior to the genocide. That experience alone made Rwanda special to me.
I remember seeing the cover of TIME magazine as it reported on the genocide months later. The cover was a large pile of bodies, all clothed in those beautiful printed fabrics that people wear everyday. Right in the center of that pile was a woman wearing a dress with the same fabric that I had in my closet - a dress made for me by a tailor I met there. I can't explain how impacting that was! I was now connected to Rwanda deeply, in a way I never imagined. So reading about Afrimakers has made my heart soar! This is Making at it's finest. #Maker #Afrimakers
