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Jan 2025
47m 30s

Walking through the Ruins of Great Zimba...

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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧

Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️

Sound effects: African countryside ambience, distant thunder 🇿🇼 ☁️

Includes mentions of: Walking, History, Gratitude, Religious Traditions, Architecture, Travel, Thunderstorm. 


Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, you’ll be travelling to the golden plains of southern Africa, where you’ll wander through the remnants of an ancient marvel. You’re about to visit the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. 


This is the first in a four-part series set in Zimbabwe, all coming up over the next four weeks! 😴


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