Africa's Freedom Railway: How a Chinese Development Project Changed Lives and Livelihoods in Tanzania

by Jamie Monson

The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority), or Freedom Railway, from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia, was instrumental in fostering one of the most sweeping development transitions in postcolonial Africa. Built during the height of the Cold War, the railway was intended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes through South Africa and Rhodesia. Rebuffed by Western aid agencies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253223229
• ISBN13: 9780253223227
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher