A brief Narrative of the life of Juste Picasso Nduwayo, written by himself
WHO IS JUSTE PICASSO NDUWAYO?
‘It is axiomatic that if we do not define
ourselves for ourselves we will be defined by others for their use and to our
detriments.’
Andre
LORDE
This writing is not written for purposes of an
academic piece with all scholarly theories but it is a simple essay which can
be easily read and understood by everyone who knows English. It is an ordinary
message to my offspring who can be interested in a small potato like Juste
Picasso NDUWAYO, his background from 1985 to 2016. To a large extend, my life
philosophy believes in ideas” Pray
as one who may die at any moment, but work as one who lives eternally”.
Juste Picasso Nduwayo was born on September 12, 1985 in an
intellectual family and is the first-born in the family with one brother and
three sisters. His father, Alphonse Propagande, was a teacher before he became
an administrator of Ntega. In 2001, he became a Member of Parliament in the
National Assembly. His mother, Ciza Catherine, was a teacher in primary school.
Due to the civil war, he and his family fled to refugee camps in Rwanda and
Tanzania where he studied.
After returning back to Burundi in 2003, both of his parents
passed away and he was left with the responsibility of taking care of his
siblings. Picasso raised his siblings well and never gave up pursuing his ambitions
and dreams.
Growing up, these events of civil war, the death of his
parents, education, and his job experiences significantly shaped his life. Something his parents
taught him that he would never forget is: “Be a respectful and hard-working man”.
Picasso created a blog (http://urugendo1962.blogspot.com ), in which he
publishes articles inspiring change among young intellectuals. He believes that
the youth have immense potential to develop Burundi.
Picasso also taught and helped labor
workers at Bukeye washing station to get health care cards. The card costs
3,000BIF ($1.4) and can be used for a whole year by one family to cover 80% of
the medical costs in public health centers and hospitals. All laborers are now
covered.
While
he was working on RTNB, as an Intern in journalism, Picasso published articles on
Burundi magazine: https://burundimagazine.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/twelve-years-later-burundis-problems-will-soon-find-solutionsa-dream-by-juste-picasso-nduwayo/
Juste Picasso Nduwayo is the Bukeye washing station Manager at
Long Miles Coffee and he creates a positive work environment for laborers and
work to improve the lives of around 2,000 farmers because of specialty coffee. He
has helped labor workers at the station get health care cards. Due to education,
farmers are changing old prejudices on coffee quality and income from coffee.
Personal facts:
- Favorite childhood
memory: My mother
teaching me in my first year of primary school.
- Ideal holiday:
in my mother land (home), Ntega
- Favorite food:
Maize
- Favorite dessert: Bananas
- Favorite song or
artist: Alpha Blondy
- Favorite book or
author: “The Audacity Of Hope” by Barack
Obama
- Favorite movie:
Atlantis
- Favorite actor:
Jack Bauer
- Favorite series:
Scandal
- Favorite sport:
Jogging
- Favorite sport to
watch: Football
- Favorite color:
Blue
- Mountain cliff or
beach?: Mountain Cliff
- Sweet or savory?:
Sweet
- iOS or Android?:
iOS
- Cappuccino or black
coffee?: Cappuccino
§ Three
words you’d use to describe yourself:
leader, generous, and socially
inclusive.
§ One
thing you’d like to improve about yourself: planning my long-term goals
§ Hobbies: sketching, writing, reading books and
news, publishing articles on blog, on social media, breeding chickens, and farming corn.
§ If
you could be an animal, what would you be and why? A Dove
because it is a symbol of peace and I prefer negotiations to armed conflict for
reasonable causes.
§ Given
a chance today, whom would you want to meet? Barack Obama.
§ Life
vision: I see myself as
an entrepreneur with many agribusiness companies, especially companies that use
maize production and livestock to spur community transformation. I hope to
create and work with various farmer cooperatives especially the youth to
produce a maize and livestock surplus and decrease the number of those living
in poverty to less than 5% of the population in Burundi. Equipping farmers with
knowledge and modern technical methods is key to this change and sustainable
development.
A brief Narrative of the life of Juste Picasso Nduwayo, written by himself
Much of the facts written by Picasso are true and sincere. I have known Picasso from 2008-2009 academic year at the University of Burundi, in the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/ Department of English Language and Literature. A handsome boy, calm, organized and leading personnality. I knew that he became a class president when we were still studying in IPA. I remember that he has initiated an idea of studying together in order to help eachother to grasp the Njeng's comedy and drama piece of analyses. i had to leave Kamenge to join them in Bwiza in order to learn from them or to contribute to their comments and opinions. 4 years together, but 2 years to know much because i did not lodge the campus because of the chances i got to have elders in the city/town. My friend Picasso, i am not surprised to hear that you are organizing the workers or farmers together in order to promote burundian Economy and small and medium Enterprises.Your inspiration from a historical black american like Barak Obama, i am sure, will lead you to a great level where you will have, let's say, rhe potentialities or opportunities to change this small nation int a great nation because we are more into ethnic conflicts rather than knowledge conflicts.
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