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Rwanda

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Zip Facts about Rwanda:

  • In 2009, Rwanda was the only democratic country to have more women members than men in their parliament
  • Rwanda, the Land of a Thousand Hills, consists of individual family farms and surrounding fields instead of villages as in other African countries
  • In an effort to clean up Rwanda, the country has banned plastic bags
  • American zoologist Dian Fossey, author of the renowned book “Gorillas in the Mist” (1983), studied the social organization of the mountain gorillas in Rwanda.  The film won an Oscar in 1989
  • In the aftermath of the horrific Rwandan genocide of 1994, the global community was indicted for its general apathyRwanda Emmanuel-NkurangaEmmanuel Nkuranga, “Three Ladies”
http://www.charlieduttongallery.com/Rwanda/Rwanda%20(Cat).html

Link to Recipe:  https://theworldfrommykitchen.wordpress.com/rwanda/

Link to Map:  https://theworldfrommykitchen.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/map-of-africa.pdf

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