Lynne Duke

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Washington Post correspondent Lynne Duke discusses her work in Africa, from the postcolonial wars in South Africa to Sierra Leone and the battle zones of Congo-Zaire, Mandela, Mobutu and Me: A Newswoman’s African Journey. Read an excerpt of Duke's book in the Reading Room.

Music: Kronos Quartet "Pieces of Africa"

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