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Author: Ketty Nivyabandi

Ketty Nivyabandi

Ketty Nivyabandi is a poet and activist from Burundi. In 2015, she successfully mobilised women to peacefully protest President Nkurunziza's bid for a third term in office. She later left her country after numerous threats on her life and currently resides in Canada.

  • In 2015, thousands in Burundi took to the streets to protest against President Nkurunziza running for a third term. Credit: Igor Rugwiza.
    BurundiPoliticsSocietyTop story
    By Ketty Nivyabandi
    June 10, 2020
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    I cry, not for Nkurunziza, but for the lives he broke

    I cry for the country we could have had these past five years, for the blood that could have been spared, for the memories families could ...
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  • Sauti Sol with Burundi's Vice-President Gaston Sindimwo. Credit: Sauti Sol.
    BurundiCultureEditor's PicksSociety
    By Ketty Nivyabandi
    September 22, 2017
    10873
    7

    An open letter to Sauti Sol, as you perform in my beloved Burundi

    I want to believe you don’t know about the crimes against humanity committed by the authorities with whom you dine. But I find it difficult. Dear ...
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