Africa's Great Civilisations

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Henry Louis Gates Jr takes a new look at the history of Africa.

Henry Louis Gates Jr takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century.

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Henry Louis Gates Jr

Virginia Quinn

Graeme Hart

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Inkwell Films

Kunhardt Films

Africa's Great Civilisations: Series 1: Episode 1: Origins

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Episode 1: Origins

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Henry Louis Gates Jr looks at how the origins of human existence can be traced to Africa.

Series exploring the history of Africa. Henry Louis Gates Jr looks at the discoveries that point to Africa as the genetic home of all currently living humanity.

The award-winning film-maker and academic Henry Louis Gates Jr travels the length and breadth of Africa to explore the continent's epic history. In this first episode, Gates focuses on the origins of human existence and looks at the anthropological and scientific discoveries that point to Africa as the genetic home of all currently living humanity. He then traces the roots of agriculture, writing, artistic expression and iron working to their birthplaces on the African continent.

Africa's Great Civilisations: Series 1

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