History
Station:
PBS (US)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2017-02-27
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In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.
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S1E4 - Cities
Henry Louis Gates Jr. investigates Africa's most significant ancient cities, including Kilwa, Great Zimbabwe, and Benin City, and Europe's interest in them.
Air Date: 01 Mar 2017 21:00 (CDT)
S1E5 - The Atlantic Age
Henry Louis Gates Jr. researches the impact of the Atlantic trading world, which fueled the rise of new kingdoms and the transatlantic slave trade.
Air Date: 03 Mar 2017 20:00 (CDT)
S1E6 - Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations
Henry Louis Gates Jr. recalls the 19th-century scramble by European powers for Africa's riches and the defiant stand of Ethiopia.
Air Date: 03 Mar 2017 21:00 (CDT)