Mother Eagle on the Art of Raising Our Kids

By  HAKIZIMANA Maurice One day, an eagle came to meet a woman, a mother-to-be, and gave…

MY WOUNDS AS A MAN

HAKIZIMANA Maurice   We talk a lot about the wounded feminine, but little about the masculine, even…

Nepotism: « All animals are equal but some are more equal »!

Written by Mwalimu HAKIZIMANA Maurice When I teach literature to my undergraduate students, in the novel “Animal…

A new word has just emerged on social networks: “boomerasking”: the art of speaking without listening to yourself

HAKIZIMANA Maurice “Did you sleep well? Because I…”: those people who monopolize (all) the conversations now…

“I know my worth”

Artist: HAKIZIMANA Maurice “I know my worth” – poem by Maurice HAKIZIMANA I didn’t lose anything, no,…

Eraser or Pencil? Please be one or the other

HAKIZIMANA Maurice What follows is a “discussion” between a pencil and an eraser. As you read…

The fight between two wolves, inside ourselves

HAKIZIMANA Maurice Once upon a time, an old Cherokee grandfather gathered his grandchildren around the fire.…

English Time: Members of the Family

HAKIZIMANA Maurice 1. In your immediate family Masculine Feminine father mother son daughter brother sister husband…

In French: “ça va” refers to pooh!

HAKIZIMANA Maurice It is said that originally, the doctor would ask the king if everything was…

Frankenstein is the story that defines our fears

HAKIZIMANA Maurice Frankenstein has done more than any other story to define the anxieties of modern…