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15 Minute Drama

Out of Africa

Episode 2: The Tapestry

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

By Karen Blixen.
Dramatised by Judith Adams

Episode 2 : The Tapestry.
Soon after Karen Blixen relocates to East Africa, she finds herself alone in a foreign land with the enormous responsibility of trying to operate a successful coffee plantation. In order to accomplish this, she must get to know the land and the East Africans who work for and with her. In the process, she learns more about herself.

Karen is settling into life on the farm but Bror, her husband, has very different ideas. And there is also Lulu to contend with.

Karen Blixen ..... Emma Fielding
Kamante .... Beru Tessema
Farah ..... Maynard Eziashi
Bror ..... Sam Dale

Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. Show less

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