The World: A Television History. Ep. 15. Africa before the Europeans

United Kingdom, 1983

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Episode number 15 of Series “The World: A Television History”.
This episode covers the history of Africa over the period 100-1500AD. Before the 15th Century, Africa was a rich continent of civilisations and empires, and the Nile was the lifeblood of the people. By AD 1000, Islam had the whole of North Africa in its grasp. To the Europeans, Africa was known as “the Dark Continent”, and by the 18th century they were transporting people from Africa for the slave trade. Based on The Times atlas of world history.

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Credits

director

David Wright

producer

Nicholas Barton

production company

Bricomin Films

Channel Four

Goldcrest TV

Network Television

Duration

00:26:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1983

Appears in

The World: A Television History

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The World: A Television History

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302195

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Islam

History → Africa - History

History → Slavery

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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