Inzu ya Richard Kandt i Kigali: uko yavuye ku cyicaro cy’Abadage ikagera ku nzu ndangamurage
Richard Kandt yahisemo aho Kigali yubakwa mu 1907. Inzu ye yahindutse Kandt House Museum ku wa 17 Ukuboza 2017, isobanurira abashyitsi ubuzima Abanyarwanda babayemo mu gihe cy’ubukoloni.
Umujyi wa Kigali ukesha itangiriro ryawo icyemezo cyafashwe mu 1907. Muri uwo mwaka, Richard Kandt, Umudage wari ushinzwe kuyobora u Rwanda mu izina ry’Ubwami bw’Ubudage, yatoranyije ahantu ashyira icyicaro cy’ubuyobozi. Inzu yabayemo iracyahagaze, kandi ubu ni inzu ndangamurage ya Leta.
Richard Kandt n’u Rwanda
Richard Kandt yavutse ku wa 17 Ukuboza 1867 i Posen, apfa ku wa 29 Mata 1918 i Nuremberg. Yari umuganga akaba n’umushakashatsi wa Afurika. Hagati ya 1897 na 1904 yakoze ubushakashatsi mu majyaruguru-uburengerazuba bwa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba y’Abadage, maze mu 1907 agirwa umuyobozi (Resident) w’u Rwanda, ashyira icyicaro cye aho Kigali iri ubu.
Ubutegetsi bw’Abadage ntibwatinze. Mu 1916, mu gihe cy’Intambara ya Mbere y’Isi Yose, ingabo zivuye muri Kongo y’Ababiligi zafashe Ruanda n’Urundi, u Rwanda ruva mu maboko y’Abadage rujya mu y’Ababiligi.
Ibihe bya none: Kandt House Museum
Inteko y’Umuco (Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy), ari yo icunga inzu ndangamurage za Leta, ivuga ko inzu ya Kandt iherereye ku muhanda KN 90 St, ahagana ku kilometero imwe uvuye hagati mu mujyi wa Kigali.
Iyi nzu yahoze yitwa inzu ndangamurage y’ibidukikije. Inteko y’Umuco ivuga ko “changed into Kandt House Museum since December, 17th 2017”, ni ukuvuga ko yahinduwe iba Kandt House Museum kuva ku wa 17 Ukuboza 2017. Ivuga kandi ko iyi nzu ndangamurage “traces experience of Rwandan people during the colonial period”, ni ukuvuga ko ikurikirana ibyo Abanyarwanda banyuzemo mu gihe cy’ubukoloni.
Icyo isigaje ku mateka y’umujyi
Inzu ya Kandt ni kimwe mu bimenyetso bike bigaragara by’igihe cy’ubutegetsi bw’Abadage mu Rwanda. Iri mu nzu ndangamurage umunani za Leta zicungwa n’Inteko y’Umuco, urwego rwashyizweho mu 2020 ruhuza Inteko y’Ururimi n’Umuco, Ikigo cy’Igihugu cy’Inzu Ndangamurage n’Ububiko bw’Igihugu n’Amasomero.
Mu zindi nzu ndangamurage iyo nteko icunga harimo Inzu Ndangamurage y’Umuco (Ethnographic Museum) yo mu Karere ka Huye, Inzu Ndangamurage y’Ibwami (Rukari) yo mu Karere ka Nyanza, n’Inzu Ndangamurage y’Urugamba rwo Kurwanya Jenoside iri mu nyubako y’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko i Kigali.
Inkomoko: Inteko y’Umuco (Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy), “Museum and Heritage Sites Management Division”.
Reba urutonde rw’inzu ndangamurage za Leta ku rubuga rw’Inteko y’Umuco