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Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo

Episode 3: A Journey on the River Congo

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Stringer is Anjan Sundaram's vivid account of self-discovery and danger. In 2005, at the age of 22, the decision to give up a maths Phd to become a journalist takes Sundaram to war torn Congo ahead of the first democratic elections for 40 years. Today, Sundaram leaves the city of Kinshasa behind and travels along the River Congo into the jungle where a chance encounter leaves him unsettled.

Read by Riz Ahmed
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Show less

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