 You all know that my favourite country in Africa is Rwanda And I can't believe that I'm back in Rwanda Even though I'm in South Africa I got myself a beautiful Rwandese Who has a very awesome restaurant in here I came to eat and I know I love food And I came to eat and she's like I'm Akuru and I was like What? In South Africa? That's amazing so we're here to talk to her We want to know how long has she been here How long has this restaurant been in existence Mummy, hi Hello, good afternoon My name is Maya What's your name? My name is Jacqueline My Rwanda name is Murekatete Murekatete It's like Murekose So I'm from Rwanda And I've been in South Africa now for 17 years 17 years in South Africa My first question is What brought you to South Africa in the first place? I was born in the country And grew up there because of some war and all that So I went to France And I miss Africa So I came back But you miss Africa Why not Rwanda, you came to South Africa? You know, 17 years ago it was little After all what happened in our country But I mean I'm in Rwanda like It's like I'm there My man in my end I go there very often When was the last thing you went to Rwanda? December this last year Last December And we want to know how is life in South Africa Life is okay, life is good We are working hard And trying to make a living You have this amazing restaurant But home is always home Home is always home I'm glad to hear that Let's talk about your restaurant How long has this restaurant been in existence? Here I started in 2010 But I was in another place before Where I used to I started there Then I started this one With a bit of accommodation We had to move This place has been here since 2010 2010 So which means that you were having an accommodation Like a guest house or before this one Here you have a guest house Like a restaurant You really live in large Trying I love people have to be surrounded by my Rwandan people fight always to come here Because they can find their food They can find their food Food in the accommodation When I came here I realized that you just don't have Rwandan food Because I saw my country food here My Ghana Jollof is here Very fried fish is in here I mean What actually motivated you To bring the entire African cuisine together Because I believe that Africa Our continent has a lot to offer And I'm very passionate about the cuisine So I try to learn also from other countries We have Rwandan food We have Matoke We have beans We have goat meat I know that But I believe that we have got so much to offer This continent is an amazing continent And I feel like I'm Rwandan But I'm also very African Let me tell you The way you are talking I think I need to tell you That you are an African born in Rwanda Born in Congo but I'm Rwandan Born in Congo Rwandan We heard a lot of stories about South Africa Even before coming here We heard that they don't really like Africans Do you think South Africans don't like other African countries? To my experience Maybe I also see all that on TV And it also affects a lot of us But I have a lot of South African friends Who come here Even the last time when we were here Some even especially young people Trying to discover African cuisine And I don't think most of them Did not have a chance to know about Other African countries And most of the time I've met many young people who travel To DLC, to Rwanda And when they come They have a different way of I think sometimes ignorance When you don't know I did not have really a bad experience And they have been not so very Pleased to hear A lot of South Africans speaking Kiswail Wow Speak Kiswail Because most I mean maybe they are People like my age Or older than me Who have been to exile in Rwanda And they come and we offer them The food they used to eat So it's quite amazing to meet Wow It's there but I really did not It's good that you have a positive Experience living in South Africa I think just we need to know each other To come to meet them So let's go a different way You think we need to know each other Which means that you think that Most Africans don't know each other You know all these things we hear And we need to be honest When we talk we discuss Because I am more so concerned about that We are the same people Just when you don't know the other one You start thinking about Like some people even scared to come here They think that to meet in South Africa Will be But this thing really happened Which was there Wow Last question will be Who are the people who often come In here to eat And who do you expect to come In here to eat Is it open for everyone It's open for everyone For I can tell you sometimes I used to have Like maybe 20 different nationalities Like African Both people just left there From Malawi So also Around here there is a lot of embassies So I have Ghana I have Zambia Congo, Deers Everywhere African Even Arabs Even white South Africans White everybody It's open to everyone I just my way to promote Africa in African cuisine I mean this is another form of Africa to the world She is promoting African cuisines To the entire world So I want to tell you something Whenever you get to South Africa Make sure you don't stay just in Johannesburg or Cape Town Take a trip to where Pretoria and where can we find a restaurant It's in Arcadia Where was Situated on 9-3 Francis Barre Street Arcadia Pretoria Thank you so much for talking to us Thank you For the honor of meeting you Oh no I saw you on the YouTube Today I feel Thank you so much for watching I'm going to see you in the next one By the way I'm going to eat right now Say goodbye I'm going to eat I don't want to talk to anybody We'll meet them here Come and enjoy yourself too Thank you Bon appetit Bon appetit Bon appetit Bon appetit Thank you Bon appetit Thank you Bon appetit Thank you I can't even remember Thank you You're too many Thank you Thank you Indeed It's home Away from home I got my job My fried fish Truly got Goats soup So good So good So easy Thank you You're too many Thank you Thank you I'm going to eat Thank you You're too many Thank you It's a world A world I'm going to eat Thank you wax  nước ewak 風 脱 energ! When you come to South Africa, make sure you come to Pythoria to come and enjoy the authentic... Oh my God! I mean this is the first time I'm eating Ugarli that I can say no. This is the best Ugarli I've ever eaten. Oh wow! Like I don't even feel... It's always been like that just today that you're noticing. No no no no, it's the soup. Wow!