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Wonders of the African world, Wall to Wall Television for BBC and PBS in association with ITEL ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Nicola Colton, Nick Godwin, Helena Appio

Label
Wonders of the African world, Wall to Wall Television for BBC and PBS in association with ITEL ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Nicola Colton, Nick Godwin, Helena Appio
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Wonders of the African world
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
Wall to Wall Television for BBC and PBS in association with ITEL ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Nicola Colton, Nick Godwin, Helena Appio
Runtime
330
Summary
This documentary presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world
Table Of Contents
[disc 1] Black kingdoms of the Nile ; The Swahili coast -- [disc 2] The slave kingdoms ; The Holy Land -- [disc 3] The road to Timbuktu ; Lost cities of the South
Target audience
general
Technique
live action