Africa's Great Civilizations - Season 1 - Eps 5: The Atlantic Age
Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the impact of the Atlantic trading world, giving rise to powerful new kingdoms, but also transatlantic slave trade. Learn of the revolutionary movements of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including the advent of the Sokoto Caliphate.
About Africa's Great Civilizations
Title: Africa's Great Civilizations
First Air Date: 2017-02-27
Last Air Date: 2017-03-01
Status: Ended
Rating: 8/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 6
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: McGee Media
Synopsis
Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. 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.
Cast
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self - Presenter
