Mukarwego Madeleine

Mukarwego Madeleine stands as a pillar of community heritage and traditional wisdom in Karongi District. As an elder of the Abacyaba clan, chief of Kabuga, and leader among local chiefs, she embodies generations of customary leadership. Beyond her governance roles, Mukarwego is a revered traditional healer and midwife; carrying forward an invaluable body of ethnobotanical knowledge passed down directly through her maternal lineage.

Her unique depth of traditional healing and plant medicine adds a compelling cultural dimension to tourism in the Kivu region. Visiting Mukarwego offers travelers an authentic, immersive encounter with living Rwandan heritage, where history, traditional medicine, and indigenous leadership come together in a rare and memorable personal connection.