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 3: Empires of Gold

Empires of Gold

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Episode 3: Empires of Gold

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Henry Louis Gates travels to the Sahara Desert to explore the Empires of Gold.

Series exploring the history of Africa. Henry Louis Gates travels to the shores of the Sahara Desert to see the transformation of north and west Africa.

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. 

Empires of Gold marks an era of great commercial and manufacturing growth throughout several of the continent's regions. Beginning with the revolutionary transformation of north and west Africa, Gates travels to the shores of the Sahara Desert, where farmers, traders, warriors and nomads have turned the region into the crossroads of some of history's most advanced and wealthiest civilisations.

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