This week we are excited and honored to be joined by Professor Karen Barton to further discuss the Senegalese RORO ferry Le Joola. Professor Barton has been an enormously important voice in sharing the story of Le Joola with an English-speaking audience on a wider scale and we are so grateful to her for spending some time answering our questions.
Sources:
Barton, Karen Samantha. Africa’s Joola Shipwreck: Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster. Lexington Books, 2020.
Barton, Karen. "The Joola: The Geographical Dimensions of Africa's Greatest Shipwreck." Focus on Geography.
www.focusongeography.org/publications/articles/joola/index.html
^this is the interactive article referred to in the episode
Commission d'enquete technique sur les causes du naufrage du Joola. 4 Nov 2002. https://www.au-senegal.com/IMG/pdf/joola_041102.pdf
Peltier, Elian. "Deadlier Than The Titanic: A Ferry Set Out With About 1,900 Aboard. Only 64 Survived." New York Times, 25 Sept 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/world/africa/senegal-ferry-joola.html
^this article is also available in PDF form in a public post on Patreon
Additional Resources:
The Joola: Africa's Titanic (BBC documentary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW84OZeXJog
"Report blames army for delay in Joola rescue." The New Humanitarian, 6 Nov 2002. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/35577/senegal-report-blames-army-delay-joola-rescue
Wiley, Pat. The Sinking of the MV Le Joola, Africa’s Titanic: True Story from One of the Worst Maritime Disasters in History. First Steps Publishing, 2013.