Women Dancing:  Virunga Mountains, Rwanda: Artwork

Evelyn Rogan

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Evelyn Rogan McGill University

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This drawing is inspired by women dancing with traditional peace baskets overlooking the Virunga Mountains, a mountain range of eight volcanoes in Rwanda. Peace baskets are woven with grass and palm and are an important symbol of peace and unity in Rwandan culture. (watercolour and ink)

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2025-05-31

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Rogan, E. (2025). Women Dancing: Virunga Mountains, Rwanda: Artwork. UHURU: The McGill Journal of African Studies, 4, 123. Retrieved from https://uhuru.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/2785

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Vol. 4 (2025)

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Women Dancing: Virunga Mountains, Rwanda