Description |
1 videocassette (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
Collection |
Wonders of the African world
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Notes |
Time duration on label: 120 min. |
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Originally produced for broadcast in 1998 as two episodes of the television program: Wonders of the African world. |
Credits |
Writer, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Nicola Colton, Nick Godwin ; music, Koo Nimo ... [et al.]. |
Performer |
Host, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
Summary |
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels through the old kingdoms of Asante and Dahomey in Ghana and Benin to learn the real story of the transatlantic slave trade. In the second segment Gates travels to Ethiopia to investigate the history of Christianity in the ancient civilization. |
System Details |
VHS. |
Notes |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Sujet |
Slave trade -- Ghana -- History.
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Slave trade -- Benin -- History.
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Christianity -- Ethiopia -- History.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Africa -- History.
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Africa -- Civilization.
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Autre Auteur |
Colton, Nicola.
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Godwin, Nick.
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Gates, Henry Louis.
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Wall to Wall Television.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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PBS Home Video.
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Autre Titre |
Slave kingdoms |
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Holy land.
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ISBN |
0780628675 |
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0780628659 (set) |
Music # |
B8105 (set) Warner Home Video |
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B8106 Warner Home Video |
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