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Africa's Freedom Railway
Author: Jamie Monson

Stock Code: #13541
List Price: $39.95
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
Pages: 216

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The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority) or Freedom Railway stretches from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia. The railway, built during the height of the Cold War, was intended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes through South Africa and Rhodesia. After being rebuffed by Western donors, newly independent Tanzania and Zambia accepted help from communist China to construct what would become one of Africa's most vital transportation corridors. The author tracks the railroad from its design and construction to its daily use as a passenger train that provided an important means for moving people and goods from one village to another. 17 B&W photos. Hard Cover.

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