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On the Border: Kinshasa and Brazzaville

The Compass by BBC

Oct 19, 202228:18News & Politics

Tim Marshall delves into the strange story of Kinshasa and Brazzaville the only capitals straddling a border. Their peoples share a common culture but were split by Empires and now kept apart by a river border which has...

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On the Border: Kinshasa and Brazzaville is an episode from The Compass by BBC. Tim Marshall delves into the strange story of Kinshasa and Brazzaville the only capitals straddling a border. Their peoples share a common culture but were split...

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Published Oct 19, 2022, 28:18 long, audio available.

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