Alexis Kagame

Who was Alexis Kagame?

Alexis Kagame was a Rwandan philosopher, linguist, historian, poet and Catholic priest. His main contributions were in the field of "ethnophilosophy".

As a professor of theology, he carried out wide research into the oral history, traditions and literature of Rwanda, and wrote several books on the subject, both in French and Kinyarwanda. He also wrote his own Rwanda poetry, which was also published.

Kagame was also active in the political field, and was seen from the 1940s as the intellectual leader of Tutsi culture and rights under the colonial system.