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Wonders of the African world Wall to Wall Television for BBC and PBS in association with ITEL ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Nicola Colton, Nick Godwin, Helena Appio.

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. ; directors, Nicola Colton, Nick Godwin, Helena Appio.
Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
  • Goold, Ben.
  • Wall to Wall Television.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
  • Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
  • PBS Home Video.
Description
3 videodiscs (ca. 330 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Alternative Title
  • Black kingdoms of the Nile.
  • Swahili coast.
  • Slave kingdoms.
  • Holy Land.
  • Road to Timbuktu.
  • Lost cities of the South.
Subject
  • Africa > Civilization
  • Africa > History
  • Africa > Description and travel
  • Africa > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
  • Documentary television programs.
  • Television programs for the hearing impaired.
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Nonfiction television programs
  • DVD-Video discs.
Note
  • Narrator's book of the same title published in 1999.
  • Bonus DVD features: six exclusive musical performances not seen in the PBS broadcast.
Credits (note)
  • Executive producer Jonathan Hewes; series producer, Ben Goold.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby digital.
Language (note)
  • Closed-captioned.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
disc 1. Black kingdoms of the Nile ; The Swahili coast -- disc 2. The slave kingdoms ; The Holy Land -- disc 3. The road to Timbuktu ; Lost cities of the South.
ISBN
  • 0793697069
  • 9780793697069
LCCN
841887002073
OCLC
  • 70126181
  • SCSB-11274352
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library