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Africa's great civilizations [videorecording] / a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt Films, and WETA in association with Nutopia ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; produced and directed by Virginia Quinn, Mark Bates.

Bates, Mark (Director), (producer,, film director.). Gates, Henry Louis, Jr, (host,, narrator,, on-screen presenter.). Quinn, Virginia, (producer,, film director.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (distributor.).

Summary:

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781531700065
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (300 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
Publisher: [Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container. Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:	Henry Louis Gates, Jr., host, narrator.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally broadcast on television in 2017.
Target Audience Note:	E.
System Details Note:	DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.