Africa: When the Polish Were Refugees in Africa

Thousands of Europeans sought sanctuary in Africa during World War II - among them were many Polish people. A Canadian filmmaker explores the journey of his Polish forefathers in a documentary.

When the Canadian Jonathan Durand traveled to Africa for the first time as a twenty-year-old, he experienced a strange sense of being at home, an odd feeling for a young white man.

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