October 25, 1999 • 54m
The term "Nubia" means many things to many people. In America it has come to be virtually synonymous with blackness and Africa. To...Read more
October 25, 1999 • 52m
The Swahili Coast, an 1,800-mile stretch of Kenyan and Tanzanian coastline, has been the site of cultural and commercial exchanges...Read more
October 26, 1999 • 54m
Historically, West Africa is associated with the slave, gold and ivory trades, perhaps most often the former. West Africa is also ...Read more
October 26, 1999 • 52m
For over 3,000 years Ethiopia has been a land of mystery and fascination. The Greek poet Homer thought that the Ethiopians had bee...Read more
October 27, 1999 • 54m
It is perhaps surprising that a place as comparatively close to Europe as West Africa should remain more or less unknown long afte...Read more
October 27, 1999 • 52m
When European settlers discovered ruins of great civilizations at Mapungubwe in South Africa and Great Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe (then ...Read more