Prix Littéraire Rumuri

Introduction

The texts published in this compilation were selected from thirty-three short stories submitted to a deliberation panel composed of:

• Dr. Marie-Therese Toyi, President of the Jury, Writer and Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Burundi
• Dr. Audace Mbonyingingo, Member, Lecturer in the Department of English at the Institute of Applied Pedagogy, University of Burundi
• Mr. Dominic Nganyu, Member, Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Burundi
• Mr. Jean Claude Ndikumazambo,Member, Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Burundi

Our most heartfelt thanks go to the administration of the University of Burundi, which contributed financially to the completion of this second edition of the Rumuri Literary Prize.

We also wish to sincerely thank the Directorate of Research and Innovation at the University of Burundi for the frank collaboration in the preparation and execution of this project.

We are very grateful to all the members of the Jury who have rendered us a very great service by carefully selecting the five prize-winning texts.

Our gratitude also goes to Dr. Jodi Mikalachki and Dr. Marie-Thérèse Toyi for proofreading and editing the prize-winning texts before the publication of this compendium.

How can we go without expressing our thanks to all the participants in the second edition of the Rumuri Literary Prize Contest, for their time invested in writing creatively, turning what was initially a project into an achievement, i.e. to promote Rundi culture through literature? May every one of them find in this volume a call to move to greater heights in creative writing.

The Coordinator of the Rumuri Literary Prize,
Aminadab Havyarimana

Preface

It is with great pleasure that I introduce this volume of stories selected for the first Rumuri Literary Prize in English. Founded under the visionary leadership of Aminadab Havyarimana, then a distinguished student and now our colleague in the Department of English Language and Literature, the Rumuri Literary Prize in English testifies to the growing interest of both readers and writers in Burundian literature in English ... Read more .