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Woman's Hour Drama: Out of Africa

15 Minute Drama: Out of Africa: Episode 1: The Cuckoo

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Out of Africa

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Episode 1: The Cuckoo

The Cuckoo

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Out of Africa, The Cuckoo

1913, Karen travels to Kenya to marry her second cousin and start a farm.

By Karen Blixen. Dramatised by Judith Adams. A spirited and independent woman makes Africa her home. In 1913 Karen travels to Kenya to start a farm with her new husband.

By Karen Blixen. 
Dramatised by Judith Adams


Episode 1 : The Cuckoo
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.


In 1913, Karen travels to Kenya to marry her second cousin and start a farm in Africa. 


Karen Blixen ..... Emma Fielding
Denys Finch-Hatton ..... Tom Goodman-Hill
Kamante .... Beru Tessema
Farah ..... Maynard Eziashi
Wilhelm ..... Sean Baker


Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.

15 Minute Drama: Out of Africa

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By Karen Blixen. A spirited and independent woman makes Africa her home

A spirited and independent woman makes Africa her home. Karen Blixen's autobiographical account of the years she spent on an East African coffee plantation

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