The Congo-Océan railroad’s deadly history

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🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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One of the deadliest construction projects in history, the Congo-Océan railroad likely caused as many as 23,000 African deaths. Unofficial estimates are much higher, and the exact number will never be known. Historian JP Daughton speaks to Elinor Evans about his new book on the arduous 13-year project led by French colonisers in equatorial Africa, in the wake of the First World War. (Ad) JP Daughton is the author of In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Forest-No-Joy-Congo-Oc%C3%A9an-Colonialism/dp/0393541010/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-Histboty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.2	Nearly forgotten today outside of Central Africa, the Congo Ocean Railroad was one of the
1:26.6	deadliest construction projects in history.
1:30.2	Undertaken by French colonizers in the aftermath of the First World War, the railroad was
1:35.4	constructed over 13 arduous years, creating a link from the interior to the Atlantic on the
1:42.2	continent's west coast. A 2022 book by J.P. Doughton
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