Africa's Great Civilizations
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GenreDocumentary
Written byHenry Louis Gates Jr.
Directed byVirginia Quinn
Mark Bates
Mark Bates
Presented byHenry Louis Gates, Jr.
| Africa's Great Civilizations | |
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 DVD Cover | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
| Directed by | Virginia Quinn Mark Bates |
| Presented by | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
| Composer | Tom Howe |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Virginia Quinn Mark Bates |
| Cinematography | Graham Smith Duane McLunie Jim Bishop Gary Clarke Eli Gamson Nic Hofmeyr Tom Pridham |
| Editors | Guy Scutter Doug Howarth Daniel Garcia Robles Anthony Willis |
| Running time | 52–53 minutes per episode |
| Production companies | Inkwell Films McGee Media Kunhardt Films WETA |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | February 27 – March 1, 2017 |
Africa's Great Civilizations is a PBS six-hour television series hosted and written by Henry Louis Gates Jr.[1][2] It aired on PBS in the United States from February 27, 2017, to March 1, 2017.[3]
In the series, Gates chronicles African history starting with the birth of humankind to the start of the 20th century. The show portrays 200,000 years of Africa's history and touches on subjects from the arts to writing and the dawn of civilization to the 21st century.[4]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Origins" | February 27, 2017 | |
| 2 | "The Cross and the Crescent" | February 27, 2017 | |
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Yeha, North African Christian theologians, Islam in Africa, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Lake Tana | |||
| 3 | "Empires of Gold" | February 28, 2017 | |
| 4 | "Cities" | February 28, 2017 | |
| 5 | "The Atlantic Age" | March 1, 2017 | |
| 6 | "Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations" | March 1, 2017 | |
Release
On April 26, 2017, Gates introduced the series at the United Nations. The event was spearheaded by the Africa-America Institute. The series was released on both Blu-ray and DVD on May 16, 2017.[5]