Ex-Child Soldier Adopted By Film Stars
Former Rwandan child soldier Tindy Agaba tells Matthew Bannister how he came to be adopted by actors Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
Tindy Agaba is a former child soldier from Rwanda who suffered terrible trauma in his early life. As a teenager he fled Rwanda for the UK, and after a chance meeting he was adopted by the Oscar-winning British actress Emma Thompson and her actor husband Greg Wise. Tindy is now 27 and has graduated from university with an MA in Human Rights Law.
Nicola Benedetti has been playing the violin since the age of four, and was just 16 when she won the 大象传媒's Young Musician of the Year competition. She is now acclaimed as one of the world's leading violinists, and has recently been turning her attention to traditional Scottish music.
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