Basic Info
First Air: July 01, 2017
Status: Returning Series
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 20
Last Episode
Name: Resistance and Liberation
Season: 2, Episode: 11
Air Date: 2020-04-10
Runtime: 50 min
In the 20th episode Zeinab Badawi makes a huge and broad sweep across Africa examining the struggle for freedom, even in the face of bloody crackdowns: a veteran Mau Mau fighter in Kenya, a member of the resistance in Algeria’s brutal war of independence, from one African president whose ancestor fought the French and from the grandson of the Mahdi who defeated Britain’s General Gordon. And she talks about that heady time of independence with the families of three of Africa’s best known independence leaders: Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, Congo’s Patrice Lumuba and Senegal’s Leopold Senghor as well as the son of the legendary Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.
The History of Africa
2017
2 seasons
20 episodes
Overview
Zeinab Badawi delves into the history of Africa for a brand new, eight-part series on BBC World News. The continent of Africa has a long, complex history, and its people built civilizations which rivalled those which existed anywhere else in the world. However, much of the continent's history is not widely known, and the little that is known often projects a distorted, partial picture. Sudan-born Zeinab travels to all four corners of Africa, interviewing historians, archaeologists, and citizens whose stories paint a vivid picture of their continent's past and how it informs their present lives.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Crew
Zeinab Badawi
Executive Producer
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