Synopsis
Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.
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Seasons
Miniseries
6 eps · 2017-02-26
Africa's Great Civilizations airing schedule, episode calendar, cast, and synopsis. Africa's Great Civilizations airs on PBS.