• Episode 39: Rwanda: The Murder of Dian Fossey

  • Apr 4 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Episode 39: Rwanda: The Murder of Dian Fossey

  • Summary

  • I'm back and hoping you're still here for our trek to Rwanda. This week we are going to talk about the murder of Dian Fossey. Dian went to Africa to study and save gorillas. While she definitely succeeded in her mission to help the gorillas; it ultimately led to her murder.

    Sources:
    https://www.vanityfair.com/style/1986/09/fatal-obsession-198609 

    https://gorillafund.org/who-we-are/dian-fossey/dian-fossey-bio/

    https://web.archive.org/web/20191201153104/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/15/books/some-primates-weren-t-to-be-trusted.html

    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/primatologist-dian-fossey-found-murdered-in-rwanda

    https://web.archive.org/web/20091205143418/http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/fossey.html

    https://web.archive.org/web/20200105191834/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140116-dian-fossey-google-doodle-national-geographic-gorillas-birthday/

    https://web.archive.org/web/20191021101424/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jul/28/andrewosborn

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/international-court-acqui_b_360379

    https://ippl.org/newsletter/1980s/041_1986-12_Special-Report-His-Name-Was-Digit.pdf

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