Blood on the Tracks: A Rail Journey from Angola to Mozambique

The Colonial railway which spans the African continent is the only direct route linking the Atlantic and Indian oceans. It meanders through three civil wars, five countries, a couple of rain ofrrests and the histroy of tentiieth-century Africa. By following the railways, Miles Bredin guides us through some of the saddest, poorest and most corrupt countires in the world; From Angola, through Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe to Beira on the east coast of Africa.