Ariane uwamukuza
Class year: Class of 2028
Major: Biomedical sciences and Public health
Hello!
My name is Ariane, I am from Rwanda but I moved to Malawi when I was two years old and I have lived there since then. Even though I grew up in Malawi, I was mostly raised in the Rwandan culture but I still managed to immerse myself in Malawian culture as well. Likewise, I believe I can say I have two first languages which are Kinyarwanda and Chichewa, the former being spoken in Rwanda and the latter being a language spoken in Malawi. Trying to balance the two cultures has always been a struggle for me as I can never be a full rwandan to my relatives back home in rwanda and I am not considered Malawian enough as I am not native.
My two years at UWC helped me to learn that I can choose whatever I want to be as you can never truly be one thing, so for that reason I consider myself as both Rwandan and Malawian as both cultures are valuable to me and I can not be me without the other. I am also ready and excited to travel around the world to explore and experience different cultures that are different from my own. I really would like to visit South East Asia some time soon and I can not wait!
Kinyarwanda
Muraho neza!
Nitwa Uwamukuza Ariane. Navukiye mu Rwanda ariko twimukiye muri Malawi mfite imyaka ibiri kandi nakuriyeyo. Nubwo nakuriye muri Malawi, cyane cyane nakuriye mu mucyo w'u Rwanda ariko nashoboye kwiga umucyo womuri Malawi. Mu buryo nk'ubwo, ndizera ko nshobora kuvuga ko mfite indimi ebyiri za mbere arizo Kinyarwanda na Chichewa, urwa mbere ruvugwa mu Rwanda naho ururimi urwakabiri rukaba ruvugwa muri Malawi. Kugerageza kuringaniza imicyo yombi byahoze ari urugamba kuri njye kuko sinshobora kuba umunyarwanda kazi uhagije kwa abavandimwe banjye wo muri Rwanda kandi ntabwo mfatwa nka Malawi bihagije kubera ntabwo ntakukiyeyo.
Imyaka ibiri namaze muri UWC yamfashije kumenya ko nshobora guhitamo icyo nshaka kuba cyo cyose kuko udashobora na rimwe kuba ikintu kimwe, kubwizo mpamvu rero mbona ko ndi umunyarwanda ndetse na Malawi kuko imico yombi ifite agaciro kuri njye kandi sinshobora kuba njye usibye umucyo umwe mu yombi. Nanjye niteguye kandi nshimishijwe no kujya mu bindi bihugu kwibonera no kwiga imicyo itandukanye n'iyanjye. Ndashaka rwose gusura South East asia vuba kandi ndishimye!
Chichewa
Muli bwanji!
Dzina langa ndi Ariane Uwamukuza, ndimachokera ku Rwanda koma ndinasamukira ku Malawi ndili ndi zaka ziwiri zokha ndipo ndakulira konko. Ngakhale ndinakulira ku Malawi, ndinaleredwa muchikhalidwe cha ku Rwanda koma ndinayesesanso kuti ndidziwe chikhalidwe cha ku Malawi. Mwachoncho ndinganene kuti ndili ndi ziyankhulo ziwiri zoyambiririra, Kinyarwanda chimene chimayankhulidwa ku Rwanda ndi Chichewa chimene chimayankhulidwa ku Malawi. Kulinganiza zikhalidwe ziwirizi chakhala chili chiphinjo kwa ine kuchokera kale pakuti sindingathe kukhala muruanda wozaza kwa abale anga amene anasala ku Rwanda komanso sindimatengedwa ngati m’malawi weni weni pakuti siine mzika yobadiwira konko.
Zaka ziwiri zimene ndalkhala ku UWC, zandithandiza kuzindikira kuti ndingakhale chinachili chonse chimene ndikufuna pakuti sungakhale chinthu chimodzi ayi. Pakutero ndimazitenga ndekha ngati munthu wa ku Rwanda komanso wa ku Malawi pakuti zikhalidwe zonse ndi zofunika kwa ine ndipo sindingakhale mene ndilili opanda chinzake. Ndili wonzeka komaso okondwa kuzapita ku mayiko ena kuti ndikaphunzire zikhalidwe zawo zimene zili zosiyana kwa zimene ndinakuliramo. Ndimafuna nditazapita ku South East Asia posachedwa ndipo ndili okondwa!
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