Walking the Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China; the death of a Pope; and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko
The History Hour · BBC World Service
September 29, 201750m 29s
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Show Notes
Walking the Great Wall of China; the death of Pope John Paul 1 after just a month in the job; turning against a colonial power - how Guinea gained independence from France; the life and times of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, and the British Land Girls of World War Two.
(Picture: Yaohui Dong, Wu Deyu and Zhang Yuanhua on the Great Wall of China. Courtesy of Yaohui Dong)