Abatwa (The Pygmy) - Why Did We Stop Growing Tall ?

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A1	Sida Ni Mbi (AIDS is Bad) Lead Vocals – Christoph Ntabanganyimana with Bihoyiki Dathive	00:33
A2	Rwanda Nziza (Beautiful Rwanda) Lead Vocals – Emmanuel Hatungimana	2:47
A3	Igira Hino (Come Closer) Lead Vocals – Bihoyiki Dathive	1:04
A4	Umuyange (Protect the Environment) Lead Vocals – Teonesse Majambere	2:44
A5	Urwanikamiheto (War Song) Lead Vocals – Beatrice Mukarungi	4:41
A6	Umwana W’umuhanda (The Child from the Streets) Lead Vocals – Rosine Nyiranshimiyimana	1:47
A7	Nzagukorera (I Will Serve) Lead Vocals – Emmanuel Hatungimana	3:39
B1	Umutesi (I’ll Follow You Until You Kill Me) Lead Vocals – Patrick Manishimine, Ruth Nyiramfumukoye	3:51
B2	Cyabusiko (Night Streetwalker, Who Will Care for My Children?) Lead Vocals – Jean Claude Nzabonimpa	3:30
B3	Nyirandugu (The Hard Worker) Lead Vocals – Jean Baptiste Kanyambo	2:50
B4	Ihorere (Stop Crying Now) Lead Vocals – Ange Kamagaju, Emmanuel Habumuremy	4:03
B5	Why Did We Stop Growing Tall? Lead Vocals – Ruth Miramfumukoye	3:02

Credits

• Producer – Ian Brennan

Notes

Gatefold cover.

In a land where men lead each other hand-in-hand, but homophobia runs rampant, we drove off the main road and miles up the ridge to one of the pockets hardest hit by the genocide— a place where the residents stopped waving back. An area so very isolated, it was as if the genocide had never ended. Topping that, we were traveling this dirt trail with two Tutsis in an area where they had recently been “hunting Rwandans,” and a sense of discomfort was tangible, as if an invisible line had been crossed and we’d entered ibiwa (“problems”)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4030433604915

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
GBCD 049	Abatwa (The Pygmy)	Why Did We Stop Growing Tall ? ‎(CD, Album)	Glitterbeat	GBCD 049	Germany	2017