Rwanda Journal 2022: a Mystical Journey Part Two

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Rwanda Journal 2022: a Mystical Journey Part Two

On a particularly bright, sunny, warm afternoon six days after I arrived in Rwanda, I spent a leisurely afternoon with my twin sister Colette in Ikawa Kafe, speaking with its proprietors Adilah and Lamont Muhammed, African-American “refugees” who have chosen to make their home in the land of a thousand hills.

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