Urbain Gilles Sugira, is a young man who simply loves writing words that sound absolutely beautiful. He is a music enthusiast and a poet. He writes and talks about love mainly. In the Rwandan culture, poetry occupied an important place. It might not feel the same way today but there is actually a growing community of poets and spoken word artists and enthusiasts amongst young people. 

Urbain discovered his passion for poetry when he was still in high school. It was after an assignment that his English teacher had given them. The biggest challenge at that time however was to get to the right audience to help him practice. He was in boys-only school, and he felt like his schoolmates were the worst audience to help him grow his passion. 

In this episode, UrbaIn tells the journey of his passion, poetry. He told us how he made it against all odds, how he found his tribe (other poets). 

Check out Urbain's Instagram page for more of his content. He also wrote a poetry book that you can find on Amazon. 

Thank you for listening! Stay tuned for our next episode.