Urunana Development Communication

Urunana Two Minutes Guide

What is Urunana?
Urunana is a radio soap opera set in the fictional Rwandese village of Nyarurembo. It provides a day to day life struggle of different categories of people through a contemporary drama in a rural setting.

What is Urunana all about?
Ambridge is portrayed as a 21st century village, with all the pressures of modern rural life. You'll become involved in the characters' personal and business struggles, love affairs - happy and troubled - and village activities. And there are plenty of lighter moments too.

Who is it about?

• Most of the main characters are farmers and some of the women in the village formed a copertative society which brings them together as farmers with one goal. Those who have continued to live as individuals sometimes have managed to cultivate and have surplus product to put on the market.
• Bushombe and Kankwanzi family represents the struggling poor families which can survive as long as there is understanding between partners.
• Some people in Nyarurembo are related to one another, some have inter married and others have been brought together because of business.
• Mugeni is a husband to Mugeni and a son in law of Makulata. Domino is a widow, a mother to Aline and a daughter in law of Nyirabazungu
• And there are lots of some how well-off characters like Ngarambe a business man, Devota a nurse at Nyarurembo Health Center and Shyaka an accountant at the same health center, Mugisha a teacher and Muhire who has been keeping a shop since he was a teenager. Muhire runs a joint where sometimes people gather to have booze.
• More details can be found in the Urunana map and there are Framily trees for the main families.

How can I hear it?

The 15-minute episodes are broadcast on BBC Gahuzamiryango every Tuesday at 6.45 pm and Thursday at 6.45 pm, on Sunday there is an omnibus of the programs broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday. There's an omnibus edition of all the week's episodes on Sunday morning at 7.30 am and in the evening at 5.00 pm. Urunana Programs are re broadcast on Radio Rwanda on Saturday and Sunday at 8.15 pm.

You can also listen online (bbcgreatlakes.com)