Sweet Dreams of Ice Cream and Primal Rhythms
The unifying power of music
© Lex Fletcher
Conquering Cultural Barriers in Rwanda
An open-air truck bumps along the rutted streets of Butare, Rwanda. The beaming woman in the back broadcasts through a crackling microphone.
Hello. Hello. You are about to experience something new.
Do you want to have a good life?
Do you want your children to grow up healthy?
Sweet dreams. The answer to your prayers.
Ice cream.
If you’re old, it will make you young again.
Come and see the dreams of women.
Ice cream.
It will change your life.
Her words are true. The ice cream in this African town has changed lives.
Sweet Dreams: The first taste of ice cream
Courtesy of Liro Films
The first ice cream shop in Rwanda, Inzozi Nziza (translated as “Sweet Dreams”), broke cultural barriers in many ways.
The shop changed lives...
