Mostly Maurice

Mostly Maurice

Mostly Maurice

On development, Rwanda and a muzungu's life in Africa.

Muzungu's burden

Having finished a long overdue reading of William Easterly's book, White Man's Burden a couple of months ago, I was pleasantly surprised by ...
12/14/08

Panorama 10 to 2

This is a panorama of almost all of Kigali. Filmed at the bar Panorama 10 to 2 in Nyamirambo, Kigali.
10/05/08

Freebird in Rwanda

A spontaneous music video by J. Filmed in the North of Rwanda somewhere between Gisenyi and Ruhengeri.
09/07/08

Aid effectiveness

I have written a few times about the problems and the (in)effectiveness of development aid. An interesting study the World Bank's Private ...
08/17/08

More demolition and expropriation

As an addendum to my previous post on the demolition of Poor Kiyovu, I should add that the Kigali City Council's remodelling of the central ...
08/10/08

Moto Polo

Over much beer and boredom, some friends of mine came up with moto polo. It is basically similar to Polo on horseback, only on the back of ...
07/20/08

Stephen keeps it real (video)

My friend and former work colleague, Stephen Forder, explaining global warming on the South African youth-oriented show, "Keeping it Real". ...
03/30/08

Development beyond criticism

A UNDP report says: "... Rwanda has achieved remarkable results in areas such the access to education, gender equality and democratic ...
10/01/07

Before the Sun (video)

A short film directed by my sister, based on a short story I wrote some years ago. Enjoy.
07/14/07

The problem with Africa's biggest solar power plant

I was at the inauguration of Africa’s biggest solar plant on the 6th July.The work of the German companies Stadtwerke Mainz, Juwi and my ...
06/21/07

Lake Muhazi (video)

This clip is from a 2-day visit to lake Muhazi. A beautiful place, about 70km to the North-East of Kigali.
02/02/07

Back from Germany, Prague and Addis (video)

On the 22nd I arrived back in Germany for a weeks Christmas in the black forest with family, one week of new years celebrations in Prague, ...
01/28/07
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