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The History of Africa: Diamonds, Gold and Greed

History of Africa: Diamonds, Gold and Greed

Diamonds, Gold and Greed

The History of Africa

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Zeinab Badawi travels to South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Zeinab Badawi travels to South Africa and Zimbabwe and sees how southern Africans gradually came to grasp the destruction that would be inflicted upon them by white settlers.

In this episode, Zeinab Badawi travels to South Africa and Zimbabwe and sees how southern Africans gradually came to grasp the destruction and suffering that would be inflicted upon them by white settlers. We find out  how the original inhabitants of the Cape tried to resist white settlers and the cruel reprisals they endured. We hear about the story of Shaka, King of the Zulus from a descendant of his family and how he helped reshape the map of modern southern Africa as well as the heroic battles of Shaka's successors against those intent on seizing their riches and land: the greed for diamonds, gold and other resources that impoverished Africans and enriched white settlers, likes Cecil Rhodes.

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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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