with John Craven and Lucy Mathen A week of special programmes about Africa
Today: The Story of Africa
Many Europeans once called Africa ' the Dark Continent'. Few dared to venture there and probe its mysteries. John and Lucy investigate stories from Africa's past to find out how they have affected life there today. They trace the arrival of the white explorers, missionaries and slave traders, and look at their influence in Africa since they first went there just a few hundred years ago.