An edition of Wonders of the African world (2004)

Wonders of the African world

Disc 1

Full screen version.

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An edition of Wonders of the African world (2004)

Wonders of the African world

Disc 1

Full screen version.

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Black kingdoms of the Nile. Gates embarks on an epic journey through Egypt and Sudan in search of Nubia, an ancient African civilization which once rivaled Egypt. The Swahili Coast. Gates travels along the palm-fringed coast of Kenya and Tanzania and on to the legendary island of Zanzibar.

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Distributed by PBS Home Video
Language
English
Pages
146

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Subjects

Swahili-speaking peoples Documentary television programs Films for the hearing impaired Civilization History Description and travel Social life and customs Antiquities Dogon (African people) Griots Mosques Islamic architecture Shona (African people) Ashanti (African people) Fon (African people) Slave trade Vodou Church buildings Early Christian Architecture Ark of the Covenant Religion

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Africa Meroe (Extinct city) Khartoum (Sudan) Nubia Jizah (Egypt) Abu? Sunbul (Egypt) Sudan Egypt Kenya Gedi (Kenya) Zanzibar
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Cover of: Wonders of the African world
Wonders of the African world: Disc 1
2004, Distributed by PBS Home Video
videorecording / in English - Full screen version.

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Table of Contents

Black kingdoms of the Nile
The Swahili coast.

Edition Notes

Actual playing time is approximately 146 min. not 106 min. as written on disc label.

Narrator's book of the same title published in 1999.

Special features: Osei Kwame, The Adowa Orchestra, Performance from Timkat in Gondar, The Troupe du Savoir, The Matopo Boys Choir, Boom Shaka.

Executive producer Jonathan Hewes ; series producer, Ben Goold.

Narrator/guide: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

DVD, NTSC, English 2.0, stereo.

Closed-captioned.

Published in
[Alexandria, Va.]
Other Titles
Black kingdoms of the Nile., Swahili coast.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
960

The Physical Object

Format
[videorecording] /
Pagination
1 videodisc (ca.146 min. 17sec.)
Number of pages
146

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL47070612M
ISBN 10
0793697069
ISBN 13
9780793697069
OCLC/WorldCat
679909227, 679909224, 679909231

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL34723763W

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