nsubiza/Paremiology

Preserving Rwandan cultural heritage through technology — proverbs, Igisoro, and oral tradition # Paremiology **Preserving Rwandan Cultural Heritage Through Technology** *A Nsubiza Ltd initiative* --- Paremiology is the study of proverbs. This repository brings together a suite of digital projects dedicated to preserving and sharing Rwandan oral tradition — from centuries-old proverbs (*imigani*) to the strategic depth of Igisoro, Rwanda's traditional board game. Each project serves as both a cultural archive and a living tool, making indigenous knowledge accessible to a global audience while keeping it rooted in its original context. ## Projects ### `website/` — Rwandan Proverbs Collection > Live at rwandanproverbs.com A curated, searchable collection of traditional Rwandan sayings. Each proverb is presented with context and cultural significance, bridging the gap between oral tradition and the digital age. - Built with the Doks documentation theme - Deployed via GitHub Pages - Categories: African Paremiology, Proverb of the Day, Cultural Purpose ### `bacumugani/` — Proverb Bot An automated bot that shares Rwandan proverbs on social media, drawing from a curated dataset of traditional sayings in Kinyarwanda. - Dataset: `rwandan_proverbs.json` — structured proverb collection - Platform: Twitter/X integration - Stack: Python ### `mancala/` — Igisoro A Python implementation of **Igisoro**, the Rwandan variant of the Mancala family of board games. Igisoro is a traditional strategy game played on a board with 32 pits and 128 seeds, deeply embedded in Rwandan social life. - Full game logic with capture rules faithful to traditional Igisoro - Computer opponent with strategic AI - Terminal-based interface ## Context > *"Umugani umwe ntubuza undi."* — One proverb does not prevent another. Rwanda's oral tradition carries centuries of accumulated wisdom. Proverbs (*imigani*) served as law, education, and social commentary. As these traditions face the pressures of modernization, digital preservation becomes essential — not as a museum piece, but …