Wonders of the African world : with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Author

Henry Louis Gates

Call Number

• DVD 916 W87282 (CEN)

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Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Narrator, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Publication Information

[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2004]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (ca. 330 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a fresh look at the history of Africa through a series of personal journeys.

Notes

Title from container.

Narrator's book of the same title published in 1999.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes on PBS television in 1999.

Special feature: six musical performances not seen in the original PBS broadcast.

Contents

• Black kingdoms of the Nile ; The Swahili coast
• The slave kingdoms ; The Holy Land
• The road to Timbuktu ; Lost cities of the South.