Wonders of the African World

Africa is a continent of magnificent treasures and cultures — from the breathtaking stone architecture of 1,000-year-old ruins in South Africa to an advanced 16th century international university in Timbuktu. However, for centuries, many of these African wonders have been hidden from the world, lost to the ravages of time, nature and repressive governments. Join Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates, on the 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.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Host

First aired

October 25, 1999

Last aired

October 27, 1999

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

6

Genres

Documentary

• Season 16 episodes · 1999