Kandt House Museum
Kandt House Museum
The first German colonial governor of Rwanda was known as Richard Kandt.
The museum is named after him. Richard Kandt’s life and deeds in Rwanda are covered here.
It hosts arts detailing social, economic, and political before the colonial period.
It as well traces the experience of the Rwandan people during the colonial period.
It also covers the history of Kigali, before, during and after the colonial era.
Kigali was made the capital upon independence in 1962.
It’s worth to note following the Berlin Conference in 1884, the Germans ruled Rwanda until 1916, when the Belgians took over under the League of Nations Mandate after World War I.