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Hemp to Hydro-electricity
Final leg of the journey down the São Francisco river
In 1867, explorer Richard Burton canoed the length of the previously uncharted São Francisco river in Brazil scouting for the British empire. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Brazilian journalist Paulo Cabral retraces the route, recording his own 21st-century impressions of life there.
Third and final part: from the notorius "marijuana polygon" near Cabrobó to the once-great waterfalls at Paulo Afonso.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project