Zach Selch recommends the Kigali Genocide Memorial as the essential visit in Rwanda's capital, a powerful museum that takes about two hours. He notes the city is clean and safe with good restaurants, and has transformed dramatically over 25 years, with 60% of the population under 25 and born after the 1994 genocide.
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So I'm at the Genocide Museum in Kigali, and people very often ask, what would you do if you had a couple of days to spend in Kigali? And I'd say this is the first place you want to visit. Is the Central Memorial Museum for the Rwandan Genocide. And a lot of us don't really understand the whole scope and, and what really happened. So when you get a chance to come to East Africa, it really is a great place to visit to get a feel for it. Every province in Rwanda has a genocide museum, but this is the biggest one and the central one. And it's really a very moving, powerful experience, so I'd highly recommend it. When you're in Kigali— so people, a lot of people come to Kigali who are working in Africa because it's a great place to spend a couple of days. There are very good restaurants here, it's very clean and safe, and people love it. It's a beautiful, beautiful city. The people are very nice. Really, if you're working in some of the other cities in Africa, this is a great place to spend a little bit of time. But also people like myself come here sometimes just because you're doing work and you're gonna be laid over for a day or two. So when I'm saying what is there really to do here, this is the primary thing, the Genocide Museum. I would spend 2 hours here, it's very interesting. And then just seeing the city, seeing some of the restaurants, seeing really how they've rebuilt the city over the past 25 years is amazing. I was here just before the genocide and just after the genocide, and I didn't come back for about 20 years because I was really concerned about how it would impact me and really what it was going to be like. But really, they've done an amazing job of rebuilding the city. The city is beautiful. The people are fantastic. They're kind. They're sweet. About 60% of the population is younger than 25, which Which means they were born after the genocide, which is interesting. But again, if you're going to be in Kigali for a day or two for business, or you're going to be in East Africa, you're coming for a safari or something like that, and you're going to launch in Uganda or Rwanda to go off to see the gorillas or something like that, I would make sure to come and see the Genocide Museum in Kigali.
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