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Deals with a series of inter-related themes: first, the negative effects on Africa of the slave trade; second the interior exploration of Africa by Europeans; third the missionary factor in African...
Illustrates and discusses some of Africa’s historic trading systems internal and external, with special reference to the traditional trans-Saharan caravan trade and to the maritime trading circulations of...
For over four centuries the continent of Africa was ravished by the slave trade. Our response to Africa and its history has been distorted by this and confused by modern day racism. Basil Davidson begins the...
Focusses on the city of Kano in northern Nigeria and seeks to explore links between past and present in the context of political structures, historical sequences and spatial relationships.
Explores the problems and successes of the newly liberated African states in the aftermath of colonial rule. The legacy bequeathed by European administrations has not always proved easy to reconcile with...
The title is derived from King Leopold II of Belgium who declared his determination during the scramble for African territory in the 1880s to secure for himself a large a slice as possible of ‘this...
Looks closely at three different communities examining the way in which African peoples mastered the problems of creating a way of life in a varied and often hostile environment. Looks in particular at two...
Looks at the major independence struggles, opening with the situation in the Gold Coast and the initiative of the nationalist leader Kwame Nkrumah. Through archive film and interviews with people who recall...
Drama documentary of Darwin’s journey of discovery in HMS Beagle during which he developed his theory of evolution. The programme retraces Darwin’s path from Cornwall, round South America and to the...
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