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

Karen McGann

Graeme Hart

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Inkwell Films

Kunhardt Films

Africa's Great Civilisations: Series 1: Episode 5: The Atlantic Age

The Atlantic Age

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Episode 5: The Atlantic Age

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A look at the great changes that took place in Africa between the 15th and 18th centuries.

Series exploring the history of Africa. This episode looks at the tremendous changes that took place across the continent between the 15th and 18th centuries.

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. 

The Atlantic Age examines the tremendous changes that took place in Africa between the 15th and 18th centuries - including the seismic transformation as West African kingdoms encountered European mariners travelling farther and farther south along Africa's Atlantic coast, and the impact of European colonisation of the New World. Across the continent, kingdoms and empires rose and fell, with some 12.5 million Africans suffering enslavement in the crossfire.

Africa's Great Civilisations: Series 1

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