An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi

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Zeinab Badawi visits the stunning site of Great Zimbabwe, once capital of a great kingdom.

Zeinab Badawi visits the breath taking ruins of Great Zimbabwe, a magnificent stone settlement where kings once lived. Read by the author.

An epic, sweeping history of the continent told through the voices of Africans themselves.

Zeinab Badawi tours the breath taking ruins of Great Zimbabwe, a magnificent stone settlement from where kings once ruled.

Written and read by Zeinab Badawi
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Zeinab Badawi is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, and filmmaker. She is President of SOAS, University of London and is an honorary fellow of her alma mater St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Born in Sudan, she has worked in the British media for several decades. Zeinab is a recipient of the President’s Medal of the British Academy, a Patron of the United Nations Association UK, and is on the boards of the Arts, Humanities and Research Council, MINDS (the Mandela Institute for Development Studies), the International Crisis Group and Afrobarometer.

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