Walking into the National Art Gallery in Nyanza (Rwanda's Art Palace)

Walking into the National Art Gallery in Nyanza on the opening day of the second International Art Exhibition, the first thing that drew my attention was a line of busts, some tall, some short, and all made of wood and clay. These heads, each long face somewhat resembling the next, are sculptures of the last three kings of Rwanda, Yuhi V Musinga, and his two sons, Mutara III Rudahingwa and his brother Kigeli V. The sculptures are the result of the International Sculpture Workshop directed by Dr. Lillian Mary Nabulime, Peterson Kamwathi and Madrad Bizimana, and they are now on display in an exhibition titled "Kingship and Kinship" in the gallery's main hall on the ground floor (...)

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Published on Addis Rumble, June 5th, 2013.