Season 1 (1999)

Black Kingdoms of the Nile
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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

The Swahili Coast
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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

The Slave Kingdoms
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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

The Holy Land
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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

The Road to Timbuktu
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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

Lost Cities of the South
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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