Africa's Freedom Railway
Monson, Jamie
The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority), or Freedom Railway, fromDar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia, wasinstrumental in fostering one of the most sweeping development transitions inpostcolonial Africa. Built during the height of the Cold War, the railway wasintended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes throughSouth Africa and Rhodesia. Rebuffed by Western aid agencies, newl...