Gorilla tracking in Uganda. In conversation with the Nnaabagereka Queen of Buganda
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In episode three, join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu - as we visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, home to the world’s biggest population of mountain gorillas, for a weekend celebrating 20 years of the NGO Conservation Through Public Health NGO I am joined by my first guest, Her Royal Highness, the Nnaabagareka, Queen Sylvia Nagginda of Buganda Kingdom, patron of CTPH and . Listen to our conversation to hear:
Why was the Nnaabagareka tracking gorillas? Which gorilla family did she track in the forest? Why does she recommend Ugandans visit Bwindi? Why did I feel like crying when I first went to Bwindi? Why should we thank the gorillas? Welcome to my world!
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