Into Africa with Henry Louis Gates Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

  • The Black Kingdoms of the Nile

    A journey through the barren deserts of northern Sudan, in search of a 5,000-year-old city that lies on the banks of the Nile

  • The Road to Timbuktu

    A trip through Mali, tracing ancient trade routes from the goldmines of the south to the fabled city of Timbuktu

  • The Slave Kingdoms

    Slave descendant Henry Louis Gates embarks on a journey through modern Africa to explore the sensitive issue of the continent's complicity in the history of transatlantic slave trading

  • The Swahili Coast

    Insight into the world of the Swahili people, who live on Africa's east coast