2008

Jamie Monson

  • Professor
  • Carleton College
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Project

Two Become Red: Chinese and Africans at Work on the Tazara Railway, 1965-1986

Program

American Research in the Humanities in China

Department

History

Location

Institute of West Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Abstract

This research project will be a study of work and technology transfer during the construction of the Tazara railway in Tanzania and Zambia. It will explore the work experience of Chinese and African workers using oral interviews with retired railway workers in China and materials located in Chinese municipal, regional and national archives.