Main content

A Voyage on Livingstone's Lake

Adam Lusekelo tells the story of the MV Ilala, a boat built six decades ago in Glasgow and which still provides a vital lifeline to remote communities in Malawi and Mozambique.

Adam Lusekelo tells the story of the MV Ilala, a boat built 60 years ago by Yarrow and Company in Glasgow as a passenger and cargo ship destined for Lake Nyasa, modern-day Lake Malawi. In a remarkable feat of engineering, it was shipped out in pieces via Mozambique and transported overland to be reconstructed on the shores of the inland lake, which has no navigable outlet to the sea. Today, it is still sailing the lake, providing a vital lifeline to remote communities in Malawi and Mozambique.

A Ruth Evans production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4.

Available now

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Nov 2009 21:00
±«Óãtv Radio 4

Broadcasts

  • Tue 20 Jan 2009 11:00
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4
  • Wed 4 Nov 2009 21:00
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4