
Winner ๐ of ATTAยฎ Media Voice for Action 2025 for the East Africa Travel Podcast by Diary of a Muzungu. #ExploreUganda
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Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
I just came back from India, and I regret how badly I misunderstood that country for yearsโฆ
someone intentionally wanted me to
Reading the comments under this post, that is exactly what people who have never been there think India is, so sad.
A few things worth knowing before you type another comment or watch my video;
It is huge oh my goodness๐๐
For a human brain to comprehend this, it is almost six times the size of France.
For East Africans, Put Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi together and India is still nearly twice that. Glaciers at one end, tropical beaches at the other, desert in the west, and rainforest in the northeast that holds the record for the wettest place on earth. All of this runs on a single time zone๐
1.4 billion people, there is one Indian in every six humans alive today. I also found out that this Country has 22 official languages and Hundreds more spoken every day.
The zero you used in school came from India, I bet you knew this๐
Now this is part that should stop you and make you think there has to be a deliberate smear campaign against India.
Think about how many people you know who have travelled to India for treatment - A heart operation, cancer diagnosis, a transplant of something. Somebody in your country, your family or your church or your office has made that trip.
In 2024 alone, India treated around 7.3 million foreign patients.
India supplies roughly half of all the generic medicine Africa uses. It makes around 60 percent of the world's vaccines, and around 70 percent of the vaccines the WHO uses for essential immunisation. The jabs Ugandan children get almost certainly came from there.
In 2001, when HIV treatment cost over 10,000 dollars a year and almost no positive African could reach it, an Indian company dropped the price to around 350 - By 2017 it was 75.
Now letโs look at your plate of food - India is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of spices on earth. Around 90 percent of the world's turmeric. Black pepper is native to Kerala the region I spent over 10 days.
Your pilau, your chai, your chapati. The breakfast you ate this morning has a link to India.
You cannot reduce a civilisation like that to a punchline because an Olympics bid annoyed you, pure ignorance and biasโฆ they have issues just like any other Countries, but this comment section is something else.
I regret not knowing India sooner, I recommend you go and see for yourself.
THANKS & MWEBALE to everyone who voted for me & my blog Diary of a Muzungu & the East Africa Travel Podcast in The Pyne Africa Awards. (I started writing the blog in 2008!)
Honoured to help promote Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ๐๐
#Exploreuganda
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
What does the future look like for Africaโs gorillas?
24th September was World Gorilla Day! I reflect on 30 years of working with Mountain Gorillas, the progress we have made, the threats they still face, and why protecting their forest homes must go hand in hand with supporting the human communities that live alongside them.
From growing gorilla numbers to responsible tourism and community health, there is reason to hope, but there is still much more to do.
Read my full reflection on World Gorilla Day: drgladys.org/blog/happy-worlโฆ
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
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From hidden gems to iconic destinations.
From fresh experiences to incredible offers.
From first introductions to lasting connections.
Discover. Connect. Explore.
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Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
As former Tooro King Oyo Nyimba is buried today at the tender age of 34, we have to acknowledge the most unusual and surprising fact of his reign that only came into sight with his death; he occupied a place in Ugandanโs hearts that is several times bigger than the quiet relatively small kingdom he led. And he did it without getting in Ugandanโs faces, without noise, or drama. In fact, if truth be told, he did it while not trying to. The irony is that more powerful men and women, whoโve tried one million times harder, for more years, sent thousands to their graves and to gaol, and expended great treasure, will get nowhere near that, and could even end in ignominy instead. He probably didnโt even know it. And so, if one asked the famous Amama Mbabazi-derived question, โhow did he did it?โ, the only honest answer has to be that it is one of the great mysteries of these our lands. RIP
Wish I was in Karamoja right now ๐๐คฉ
#ExploreUganda
๐ฅAnd we are officially on!
The Karamoja Cultural Festival 2026 has launched in Moroto!
The whistles are sounding, people are gathering, and Karamojaโs culture is alive.
Celebrating our people, heritage and traditions.
Moroto, letโs celebrate!
#KaramojaCulturalFestival
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
Uganda has some of the best journalists on the planet. The care, compassion and professionalism with which national, regional and local reporters, photographers, videographers and producers have covered the tragic passing of Omukama Oyo Rukidi IV has been remarkableโa clinic in what sensitive and responsive journalism should look like.
Kitalo nyo nyo nyo ๐ญ
RIP #KingOyo
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
KING OYO WALKED INTO OUR SHARED BIRTHRIGHT
@BarackObama called the natural world our โshared birthright.โ
#KingOyo walked into his - climbing to #Ugandaโs rooftop not merely to conquer Rwenzori's Margherita Peak, but to make the world look at its glaciers and the conservation challenge below.
And what a birthright Uganda possesses.
@TourismBoardUg @NatGeo
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A beautiful day for naming baby gorillas ๐ ๐ฆ๐ in foothills of Mt Sabinyo & the Virungas at 21st #KwitaIzina - perfect for catching up with friends & colleagues ๐ซฑ๐พโ๐ซฒ๐ป
Gorilla-fuelled episode of my "East Africa Travel Podcast by Diary of a Muzungu" coming soon!
#VisitRwanda
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
Rwanda has announced the distinguished Namers for the 21st @KwitaIzina Gorilla Naming Ceremony, taking place tomorrow, 4 September, in Kinigi. ๐ฆ๐ฟ
Inspired by Rwandaโs tradition of naming newborns, #KwitaIzina celebrates mountain gorilla conservation and the communities and partners behind it.
๐ Meet this yearโs Namers: rdb.rw/rwanda-announces-nameโฆ
#VisitRwanda
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
What an incredible atmosphere at today's Gorilla Naming Ceremony at the foothills of Volcanoes National Park!
Conservation never looked so good and Rwanda is leading the way ๐
#KwitaIzina๐ฆ | #GreenRwanda๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
The day has finally arrived! ๐ฆ
Today, Rwanda names 24 baby gorillas at the foothills of Volcanoes National Park in a celebration of one of the world's most successful conservation success stories!
Follow along on @rbarwanda and @Radiorwanda_RBA!
#KwitaIzina๐ฆ | #GreenRwanda๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ
Let's say hi AMAKURU if you're in Kinigi today too! ๐ฆ๐๐
#kwitaizina
Itโs D-Day! ๐ฆ๐ฟ
The 21st #KwitaIzina Gorilla Naming Ceremony takes place this morning in Kinigi, bringing Rwanda and the world together to celebrate mountain gorilla conservation.
๐บ Tune in live on the @visitrwanda_now YouTube channel or @rbarwanda and be part of the celebration.
#VisitRwanda
Meet one of this year's gorilla ๐ฆ namers: Shaikha Al Nuwais, the new Secretary-General of UN Tourism - and the first woman to lead @UNWTO ๐๐๐๐
She'll be naming a baby mountain gorilla at this Friday's #KwitaIzina in the foothills of Volcanoes National Park.
#VisitRwanda
Meet the Namers of the 21st #KwitaIzina. ๐ฆ๐ฟ
A warm welcome to Shaikha Al Nuwais, incoming Secretary-General of UN Tourism and the first woman to lead the organisation in its 50-year history, as she joins us in Rwanda with the honour of naming a baby mountain gorilla at this yearโs #KwitaIzina.
#VisitRwanda
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
Volcanoes Safaris joins the 21st #KwitaIzina as a Friend of Conservation, supporting Rwandaโs commitment to conservation and sustainable tourism. ๐ฆ
Thank you for being part of the journey. ๐ฟ
#VisitRwanda
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
2 days to go! ๐ฆ๐ฟ
This Friday, we gather in Kinigi for the 21st #KwitaIzina Gorilla Naming Ceremony, celebrating Rwandaโs mountain gorillas and the people and communities at the heart of their conservation.
๐๏ธ 4 September 2026
๐ Kinigi, Musanze
#VisitRwanda
Charlotte NAGAWA ๐ Beauvoisin retweeted
โI invite you to experience Rwanda and be part of a celebration that brings together people, nature and wildlife.โ
@RDBrwanda Chief Tourism Officer Irรจne Murerwa welcomes visitors from across the world to the 21st #KwitaIzina this Friday, 4 September 2026.
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