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Rwanda

Rwanda was a country in Africa.

The Fifteenth Doctor spoke with a unique Scottish-Rwandan accent. (TV: The Giggle [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One, 2023)., etc.)

Rwanda was a natural habitat of the mountain gorilla. (PROSE: The Last Dodo)

History[]

By 1994, fighting had broken out in Rwanda. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)

Lieutenant Will Hoffman served two tours in Rwanda prior to 2005. (AUDIO: The Longest Night)

In the wake of Miracle Day in 2011, Tutsi in Rwanda bashed the heads of Hutu villagers with clubs and ran over them with bulldozers. (TV: Rendition)

Behind the scenes[]

Ncuti Gatwa, who played the Fifteenth Doctor, was born in Kigali, Rwanda. He and his family soon fled the country in 1994, following the Rwandan genocide. He grew up in Scotland.[1]

Footnotes[]

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