On the one hand, a prowess of engineering hailed at the time as a triumph of French modernity: a railway capable of crossing one of the most impenetrable forests on the globe. On the other hand, an open-air mass grave where almost one death was counted for each crossing laid. The Congo-Ocean railway embodies his [...] More
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On the one hand, a prowess of engineering hailed at the time as a triumph of French modernity: a railway capable of crossing one of the most impenetrable forests on the globe. On the other hand, an open-air mass grave where almost one death was counted for each crossing laid. The Congo-Ocean railway embodies his [...] More