Mama Rwanda

Jan 1, 2016

0h 30m

★ 0.0

Mothers who mean business.

Overview

MAMA RWANDA is the story of two women mixing the wit of motherhood with the spirit of entrepreneurship to overcome extreme poverty. Drocella, a village wife, and Christine, a city widow, represent a new generation of women business-owners transforming post-genocide Rwanda into one of the top ten fastest growing economies in the world. A modern tale of the work/life balancing act, MAMA RWANDA illuminates the remarkable lives of two working mothers in the developing world.

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Documentary

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Image Bearer Pictures

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Cast

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Drocella Mukantaganda

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Christine Murebwayire

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