Africa's Great Civilizations

Africa's Great Civilizations is a PBS six-hour television series hosted and written by Henry Louis Gates Jr.[1] It aired on PBS in the United States in February 2017.[2]

Africa's Great Civilizations
GenreDocumentary
Written byHenry Louis Gates Jr.
Directed byVirginia Quinn
Mark Bates
Presented byHenry Louis Gates, Jr.
ComposerTom Howe
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersVirginia Quinn
Mark Bates
CinematographyGraham Smith
Duane McLunie
Jim Bishop
Gary Clarke
Eli Gamson
Nic Hofmeyr
Tom Pridham
EditorsGuy Scutter
Doug Howarth
Daniel Garcia Robles
Anthony Willis
Production companiesInkwell Films
McGee Media
Kunhardt Films
WETA
Release
Original networkPBS
Original releaseFebruary 27 (2017-02-27) –
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
External links
Website

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.[3]

The series' six episodes are:

  1. "Origins"
  2. "The Cross and the Crescent"
  3. "Empires of Gold"
  4. "Cities"
  5. "The Atlantic Age"
  6. "Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations"

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.[4]

References
  1. "Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s "Africa's Great Civilizations" Shows a Continent's Great Sweep". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. "'Africa's Great Civilizations': Henry Louis Gates on Why Understanding Africa's History Is More Vital Than Ever". 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. "Africa's Great Civilizations". Africa's Great Civilizations. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  4. "'Africa's Great Civilizations' on DVD & Blu-ray". ShadowAndAct.com. Shadow & Act. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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