África Austral e Conflitos Regionais - ‘BLOOD ON THE TRACKS - A Rail Journey from Angola to Mozambique’, de Miles Bredin - London 1995 - Muito Raro;

África Austral e Conflitos Regionais - Taking in three civil wars, five countries, and a couple of rain forests, this is a guide to the history of Africa. Tracing the route of the colonial railway which spans the African continent through Angola, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe to Beira.

‘BLOOD ON THE TRACKS - A Rail Journey from Angola to Mozambique’

By Miles Bredin 

Photos by Harriet Logan 

Edition PICADOR 

London 1995 

Livro com 258 páginas, ilustrado (mapas e fotografias) e em muito bom estado de conservação. 

De muito difícil localização. 

Muito Raro.

Da contracapa: 

“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 forest and the history of twentieth-century Africa. By following the railways, Miles Bredin guides us through some of the saddest, poorest and most corrupt countries in the world: from Angola, through Zaire, Zâmbia and Zimbabwe to Beira on the east coast of Africa. 

Bredin has the special gift of describing mind-numbing atrocities with humour and style and without, importantly, diminishing the power of what he has seen. The result is an immensely enjoyable story. Heartbreaking, funny, intelligent… it is the best book I have read about Africa for some time and an impressive firts-time travel book.“

‘The Times’ 

“Here is a thirough account of a modern Africa told with ghastly clarity… ‘BLOOD ON THE TRACKS’ is a triumph of personal courage and clear reporting… It deserves to stand with the writings of Burton and Hanning Speke in its often horrifying illumination of the dark continent.”  

‘Evening Standard’

“ ‘BLOOD ON THE TRACKS’ is the most appallingly compelling book about modern Africa I have read, at once a protracted nightnare, an ironic entertainment and an expressivos of tragic despair.“ 

Jan Morris 

SINOPSE:

“On the Atlantic coast of Angola lies the decaying deserted port of Lobito, once the bustling centre for the African slave trade. Here lies the source of a railway which spans the continent. The railway is the only direct route - road, rail or air - that links the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, meandering through three civil wars, five countries, a couple of rain forests and the history of 20th-century Africa: on its rails it carries diamonds, cobalt, copper, refugees, food, mercenaries and weapons. From Lobito in Angola, through Zaire and Zimbabwe to Biera on the west coast of Mozambique, the author guides readers through some of the most corrupt and poorest countries in the world.“

Do ÍNDICE: / CONTENTS: 

Acknowledgments 

Abbreviations and Acronyms 

Chapter One 

Chapter Two 

Chapter Three 

Chapter Fourv

Chapter Five 

Chapter Six 

Chapter Seven 

Chapter Eight 

Chapter Nine 

Chapter Ten 

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