Eastern Africa
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culture
The Ethnographic Museum in Huye presents objects and traditions from Rwanda’s cultural life. Its collections bring everyday materials, craft and history into view. Brick walls and repeated pitched roofs give the gallery frontage its rhythm.
Source: Visit Rwanda
history
Kandt House Museum explores Rwanda before, during and after colonial rule, alongside the growth of Kigali. Its low roof and arched windows give the building a domestic scale. The museum uses that setting to consider a much larger and more complex history.
Source: Visit Rwanda
architecture
The dome of Kigali Convention Centre is a modern event venue with a form inspired by traditional Rwandan royal-house architecture. Horizontal bands and a conical outline give the auditorium a distinctive profile.
Source: Radisson Hotels
history
At the King’s Palace Museum in Nyanza, a reconstructed royal residence preserves the rounded, thatched form of a traditional palace. Nyanza was a royal capital. The building introduces a court tradition very different from a European stone castle.
Source: Visit Rwanda
forests
Nyungwe combines intact forest with peat bogs, moorland, thickets and grassland. This mixture supports many plants and animals, including bird communities important to conservation. Its value lies partly in the variety of habitats held together across the landscape, offering a different view of Rwanda from its northern volcanic mountain slopes.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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