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Podcast: History Extra podcast (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: King Leopold's elephant expedition: a story of colonialism in Congo
Pub date: 2025-02-28
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Episode: King Leopold's elephant expedition: a story of colonialism in Congo
Pub date: 2025-02-28
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In 1879, King Leopold of Belgium commissioned an expedition to transport Asian elephants from India to the African interior, with a vision of using them as working animals to unlock the continent's resources. Ellie Cawthorne speaks to journalist Sophy Roberts, who has retraced the route of this mammoth and ill-conceived voyage for her book A Training School for Elephants.
(Ad) Sophy Roberts is the author of A Training School for Elephants (Doubleday, 2025). Buy now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Training-School-Elephants-Sophy-Roberts/dp/0857528378/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty.
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Episode: King Leopold's elephant expedition: a story of colonialism in Congo
Pub date: 2025-02-28
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Episode: King Leopold's elephant expedition: a story of colonialism in Congo
Pub date: 2025-02-28
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powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
In 1879, King Leopold of Belgium commissioned an expedition to transport Asian elephants from India to the African interior, with a vision of using them as working animals to unlock the continent's resources. Ellie Cawthorne speaks to journalist Sophy Roberts, who has retraced the route of this mammoth and ill-conceived voyage for her book A Training School for Elephants.
(Ad) Sophy Roberts is the author of A Training School for Elephants (Doubleday, 2025). Buy now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Training-School-Elephants-Sophy-Roberts/dp/0857528378/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty.
The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Immediate Media, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.