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The History of Africa: Kongo and the Scramble for Africa

History of Africa: Kongo and the Scramble for Africa

Kongo and the Scramble for Africa

The History of Africa

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Zeinab Badawi hears about the critical role played by women in African history.

Zeinab Badawi travels to Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Congo in central Africa to bring the history of the great Kongo Empire.

In this episode Zeinab Badawi travels to Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Congo in central Africa to bring the history of the great Kongo Empire. She hears about the critical role played by women in African history such as Queen Nzinga who battled the Portuguese for a quarter of a century in the 1600s and a few decades later Kimpa Vita who was burned alive after her failed resistance. Why were Africans unable to resist the tide of European control? One woman of nearly 100 relates her memory of Belgian rule in the Congo, during what became known as the 'Scramble for Africa'.

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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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