60seconds Sam on Extraordinary Me
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| 10:34 UK time, Wednesday, 13 July 2011
This week on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three, a new season of programmes started to look at the lives of extraordinary people across Britain. Extraordinary Me tells the inspirational stories of how these young people are coping with adult life in their challenging situations.
Here are a couple that I wanted to tell you a bit more about:
ROGER: GENOCIDE BABY
With a starring role in the feature film Africa United already under his belt; Roger Nsengiyumva is a rising star. But he's lucky to be alive. He was born in in 1994 during one of the deadliest episodes in modern times - . It was his mother's sheer bravery which saved his life. In Roger: Genocide Baby, he returns to Rwanda to see for himself how the country is moving on from that harrowing episode - and he discovers whether he's ready to forgive his father's killers.
Roger's dad was one of around 800,000 people who were brutally murdered in 100 terrifying days in 1994. Their crime? They came from the wrong ethnic group - most of them were Tutsis. It was all sparked by the death of the Rwandan President at the time, Juvenal Habyarimana, who belonged to the Hutu tribe. His plane was shot down over the country's capital city, Kigali, and the finger of blame was pointed at Tutsi rebels - something they've strongly denied. The incident brought ethnic tension to a head, and the Hutu militias began their slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
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You can see a collection of reports from the time in this ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ News slide-show . The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s Fergal Keane reported from the country and saw the aftermath of the atrocities first hand. He returned to the scene of the massacre to mark the first anniversary of the genocide in 1995, and I urge you to .
Attempts to bring those who carried out the brutal attacks to justice are still ongoing. Just last month, a woman was convicted of genocide by an international court for the first time - her trial took 10 years to complete.
JOSIE: MY CANCER CURSE
At 18, Josie Bellerby is facing the toughest decision of her life. Her mum carries a gene which drastically increases the risk of getting breast cancer to 80%. It's already been passed through the generations, killing Josie's grandmother and great grandmother. Her mum took the drastic decision to have both her breasts removed after discovering she had the gene too. So, should Josie have the test to find out if she's inherited it or is she too young? That's the tough question she tries to get her head around in Josie: My Cancer Curse.
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says around 48,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year and most of them are women. The main breast cancer genes are BRCA1 and BRCA2 - both can be tested for if you have a very strong family history. However, researchers have stressed that inheriting a breast cancer gene is rare - they estimate that only around 3% of all breast cancer cases are caused by .
If you're worried about your hereditary risk, please contact your doctor. You can also get lots more information, as well as help and advice, from the organisations listed on this ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Health page.
Journalist Sam Naz presents the 60seconds news bulletins on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three.
Comment number 1.
At 20th Jul 2011, pezke77 wrote:Jamie, never forget you have to BE yourself. Brave guy! :)
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At 21st Jul 2011, ljbruce wrote:I have just finished watching Jamie the 16yo drag queen and I am wiping away tears. He is such an inspiration and totally did the right thing going to the prom as Fifi. Just wanted to say well done, he should be proud :)
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At 24th Jul 2011, liqouricelady wrote:Oh my God, I may be a bit late but I just watched Jamie, a Drag Queen at 16, it was AMAZING!! He was so brave, and his mum was awesome, so supportive! Also, his school friends were really impressive standing up for him at the prom. I see things like this and have real faith in today's teenagers.
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