Rwanda

How a young musician captured the music of Rwanda

The singer, songwriter and producer Michael Makembe has compiled an audio library with almost 1,000 recordings of people singing, clapping and playing traditional instruments In a studio in Kigali, Rwanda, Michael Makembe sits down

Ncuti Gatwa: The roots of the first black Doctor Who

"The future is here and it's Ncuti" is how returning Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies announced the casting of Ncuti Gatwa as the 14th Doctor. Doctor Who is a drama centred on the renewal and regeneration of its main character and

Denise Uwimana: ‘I gave birth during a genocide’

The 1994 Rwanda Genocide was nothing short of a horror. Nearly a million Tutsi men, women and children lost their lives and an estimated 500,000 women were raped at the hands of Hutu militants. They despised the Tutsi majority and

Genocide survivor walks Rwanda for 100 days

A Rwandan genocide survivor touring all 30 of the country's districts says he has been struck by the kindness of the people he has encountered on the way. Hyppolite Ntigurirwa is halfway through a 1,500km (932 mile) "peace walk", marking…