Qualla: Songo https://qualla.com/songo en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:26 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Songo https://qualla.com/songo Songo: Introduction https://qualla.com/songo/ Towns rarely come into existence for a single purpose, but Songo did. Before 1969, this stretch of hills above the Zambezi was quiet bush country. Then the Portuguese decided to dam one of Africa's great rivers, and a town appeared almost overnight to house the engineers, machinists, and laborers who would build the wall. More than half a century later, the dam is still what Songo is for - and the town remains one of the most unusual places in Mozambique, a scatter of tidy barrios without a city center, set in hill country so scenic that walking between neighborhoods is the main attraction.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/t/p/r/songo-wk/ktpr-songo-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Songo: A Town the Dam Built https://qualla.com/songo/ Cahora Bassa is one of the largest hydroelectric schemes in southern Africa, a 171-meter concrete wall plugging the Zambezi where it begins its long run toward the Indian Ocean. The power it generates flows across borders - up into Zimbabwe, down into South Africa, stitching the ...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/t/p/r/songo-wk/ktpr-songo-a-town-the-dam-built.mp3 0:06 2 full Songo: The Walk Between Barrios https://qualla.com/songo/ What could be an inconvenience turns out to be the town's best feature. The walking is spectacular. Songo sits in uplifted country above the Zambezi gorge, and the terrain climbs and falls in ways that keep the eye working. Wild fig and msasa trees frame views down toward the imp...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/t/p/r/songo-wk/ktpr-songo-the-walk-between-barrios.mp3 0:06 3 full Songo: Getting to the Wall https://qualla.com/songo/ You cannot simply drive up to Cahora Bassa and look at it. The dam is a secure site, and the gate guards will turn you away if you arrive unannounced. The workaround is local knowledge: ask around in Songo, and someone will eventually know someone who can arrange a tour. The appr...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/t/p/r/songo-wk/ktpr-songo-getting-to-the-wall.mp3 0:06 4 full Songo: Tigers in the Reservoir https://qualla.com/songo/ Behind the dam, the Zambezi backs up into a long, forked reservoir that has become something of a legend among African anglers. Tigerfish - sleek, striped, armed with teeth that look borrowed from a piranha - cruise the deeper water, along with bream and the big catfish locals ca...

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