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The History of Africa: Slavery and Suffering

Slavery and Suffering

The History of Africa

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The second series of The History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi.

In the first episode of the second series of The History of Africa, Zeinab Badawi looks at the impact on Africa itself of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The second series of The History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi. Much is known about enslaved Africans once they arrived in the Americas and Europe, but in this episode Zeinab Badawi looks at the impact on Africa itself, of one of the most evil chapters in human history: the trans-Atlantic slave trade. She travels to several countries to see how, where and why this trade began in Cabo Verde in 1510. She meets a man on the Senegalese island of Goree who for 35 years has been relating the story of slavery to thousands of visitors. And leading academics tackle the controversial subject of why some Africans helped sell their fellow Africans into slavery.

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This is the second series of the History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi.

Zeinab Badawi visits many countries in west, east, central and southern Africa, capturing key chapters in Africa's history, from the 8th to the 20th century.

This is the second series of the History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi. A series based on a unique project, overseen by UNESCO known as the GHA: the General History of Africa - Africa's history, culture and heritage told by Africans themselves. Zeinab Badawi visits many countries in west, east, central and southern Africa, capturing key chapters in Africa's history, from the 8th to the 20th century. It is a series of programmes that cast an important light on how the past can inform and affect the present experiences of all people of African descent - wherever they may live.

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