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Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

How Joseph Conrad’s masterpiece was a response to real events in the Congo of the 1880s. It tells the terrible and cruel story of exploitation that was unfolding during the age of imperialism. Presented by Nigerian-born journalist and writer Onyekachi Wambu.

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project