Did you know that afro combs were used in ancient African civilizations? Did you know that afro combs were used in ancient African civilizations? Burial pits in the Nile Valley have been the source of ...

Premiering tonight on PBS, the six-hour miniseries spans 200,000 years of African history to challenge the myths about the continent For someone who is one of the world’s foremost scholars on African ...

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. thought far too many people adhered to stereotypes when thinking of Africa. That led him to make “Africa’s Great Civilizations,” a six-part documentary that ...

pt. 1. The time of awakening -- Africa and the origin of humanity -- pt. 2. The age of literacy -- Africa and the beginning of civilization -- The rise of Kemet/Egypt -- The elements of early African ...

In his new six-hour series, “Africa’s Great Civilizations,” Henry Louis Gates Jr. provides a “new look from an African perspective at African history,” traversing the dawn of mankind to the dawn of ...

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Dec. 13 (UPI) --Forty-two pieces of African art covering five millennia will be on display starting Tuesday at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. "The African Origin of Civilization: ...

The World Tourism Network together with the African Tourism Board joined UNWTO today in celebrating World Tourism Day. September 27, 2021 was a day to forget differences, challenges and COVID-19.

This series is available to stream on demand with KPBS Passport. AFRICA’S GREAT CIVILIZATIONS is a three-part, six-hour documentary series hosted, executive produced and written by Henry Louis Gates, ...

For someone who is one of the world’s foremost scholars on African peoples, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is very easy to talk to. The “Finding Your Roots” host is one of America’s foremost public ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of ...