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Rosalie Gicanda and Mutara Rudahigwa got married religiously on 18 January 1942, during a ceremony celebrated in the Kabgayi basilica. She later joined her husband at the royal palace in Rukari. The two formed a close couple.
Queen Gicanda discreetly advises her husband and makes it a point of honour to distance herself from the exercise of power. She was always by her husband’s side at all major events in the country and accompanied him on trips abroad in 1955 and 1958.
On this day 28 years ago, the last Queen of Rwanda was murdered
Here is her life: A tribute to Queen Rosalie Gicanda
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Born in 1928 in Kiziguro, Rosalie Gicanda is the daughter of Martin Gatsinzi and Christiana Makwindigiri. She was born into the Banyiginya clan and the Bahebera lineage. Rosalie Gicanda spent her childhood in Ndorwa where her father settled with his family
Without the other, neither can be more meaningful. Both are essential, and I believe we may have coined them incorrectly, or that we have become clouded and believe that either is bad.
Humour is beautiful and necessary because it reveals who we truly are and forces us to dive into our vulnerabilities and become the object of the joke, allowing all of our guards to come down.