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A Journey Without Maps

Humphrey Hawksley retraces the extraordinary journey undertaken on foot by the novelist Graham Greene from Sierra Leone across Liberia in 1935.

Humphrey Hawksley retraces the extraordinary journey undertaken on foot by the novelist Graham Greene from Sierra Leone across Liberia in 1935. He feasts on sardines and luncheon meat, meets the lightning makers and devil dancers and is involved in a near-fatal car crash. How has West Africa changed? Is it better or worse than it was 70 years ago?

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30 minutes

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Mon 3 Aug 200920:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Thu 30 Jul 200911:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Mon 3 Aug 200920:30
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