Shisha smoking has of late become very popular in Rwanda especially in Kigali. What is Shisha? How is it smoked? What are the ingredients? How much is a smoking session? Society Magazine’s Martin Bishop set out to find the answers.
She took a deliberate deep breath of the tobacco smoke from the water pipe, before exhaling. The middle-aged lady in tight fitting jeans passed on the pipe to the girl next to her. The slender girl took a deep breath as well. They chatted and laughed amidst the waft of smoke that filled the place. They had officially taken on the new trend in town.
There is a new trend in Kigali among the youth and the corporate class – the craze of smoking Shisha also known as water-pipe smoking.
This practice has its origins from the Asia, Indian sub-continent and Eastern Mediterranean. Shisha smoking is now being offered and highly sought after at the numerous hangouts in Kigali.