Amazon geoglyphs, Nelson Mandela, Japanese-Peruvians and WWII

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There were lots of good history angles on The World this month so here’s a compilation of three very different stories–an exciting discovery in the Amazon, memories from Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990,  and a little-known aspect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War Two. (photo: Sanna Saunaluoma) Download MP3

Here are some links as well:

Amazon geoglyphs:

• Report on pre-Columbian geometric earthworks (pdf)
• Antiquity Journal
• geoglifos.com (Portuguese)

Nelson Mandela:

• BBC Audio slideshow: Long walk to freedom
• Archive video: Nelson Mandela freed after 27 years in prison

Japanese-Peruvians and WWII:

• See photos
• Japanese-Peruvian Oral History Project