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Wonders of the African world
Title
Wonders of the African world [videorecording] / Wall to Wall Television for BBC and PBS in association with ITEL ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Published
Alexandria, Va. : PBS/ALSS, c2000.
Physical Description
3 videocassettes (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Narrator's book of the same title published in 1999.
Originally broadcast on PBS.
Recorded off-air on Dec. 8, 2000 with licensing rights through the PBS Adult Learning Satellite Service.
Copyright date on credit screen : c1998.
Executive producer Jonathan Hewes ; series producer, Ben Goold ; series consultant, David M. Anderson ; editors, Renée Edwards, Imogen Pollard, Trevor Williamson, Anne Dummett ; camera, Richard Ranken, Graham Smith, Gerry Piches ; music, Ishmael Pamphilla, Ayub Ogada ... [ et al.]
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Summary
This documentary presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world.
Variant and related titles
Black kingdoms of the Nile.
Swahili coast.
Slave kingdoms.
Holy Land.
Road to Timbuktu.
Lost cities of the South.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Executive producer Jonathan Hewes ; series producer, Ben Goold ; series consultant, David M. Anderson ; editors, Renée Edwards, Imogen Pollard, Trevor Williamson, Anne Dummett ; camera, Richard Ranken, Graham Smith, Gerry Piches ; music, Ishmael Pamphilla, Ayub Ogada ... [ et al.]
Performers
Narrator/guide: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
System details note
"VHS."
Contents
[tape 1] Black kingdoms of the Nile / director, Nicola Colton (58:40)
[tape 2] The Swahili coast / director, Nick Godwin (58:50)
[tape 3] The slave kingdoms / Nicola Colton (59:00)
[tape 4] The Holy Land / director, Nick Godwin (57:59)
[tape 5] The road to Timbuktu / Nick Godwin (58:00)
[tape 6] Lost cities of the South (59:00)
Subjects
Also listed under
Wall to Wall Television.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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