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History Of Africa: Cattle, Crops and Iron

08/07/2017 GMT

Cattle, Crops and Iron

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Zeinab Badawi continues her journey through the history of human development.

Zeinab Badawi continues her journey through the history of human development, travelling to meet the Maasai of East Africa and examining how humans became pastoralists.

Zeinab Badawi continues her journey through the history of human development, travelling to meet the Maasai of East Africa and examining how humans began to domesticate animals and become pastoralists. In Zimbabwe, Zeinab delves into the next stage in human development - the turn towards farming. She also looks at how the Iron Age transformed life in Africa and paved the way for the development of rich urban civilisations.

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Zeinab Badawi delves into the history of Africa for a brand new, eight-part series.

Zeinab Badawi delves into the history of Africa for a brand new, eight-part series on BBC World News.

Zeinab Badawi delves into the history of Africa for a brand new, eight-part series on BBC World News. The continent of Africa has a long, complex history, and its people built civilizations which rivalled those which existed anywhere else in the world. However, much of the continent's history is not widely known, and the little that is known often projects a distorted, partial picture. Sudan-born Zeinab travels to all four corners of Africa, interviewing historians, archaeologists, and citizens whose stories paint a vivid picture of their continent's past and how it informs their present lives.

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