Cedrick Irakoze is an award winning Burundian writer, linguist, fact-checker, and bilingual copyeditor with experience in the affairs of Burundi, Rwanda, Niger, Cameroun, Mali, and Burkina Faso. His article on COVID-19 was ranked 2nd in Poynter’s top 5 worldwide debunks of May 2020. His experience in multi-lingual and multi-cultural research environments sparked his interest in writing about cultures, traditions, languages and peoples.