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World Service,26 Jan 1994,29 mins

'A Great Railway from South Africa to Egypt'

Talkabout Africa

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Colonialist Cecil Rhodes planned to build a railway across Africa. Reporter Audrey Brown discovers just how connected the continent is today.

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