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What is Wonders of the African World about?

<p>the Companion Volume To The Pbs Television Series<br><br>wonders Of The African World Is An Exuberant, Visually Stunning Journey Across Africa And Through The History Of Its Glorious But Forgotten Civilizations.<br><br>traveling By Camel, By Dhow, By Land Cruiser, And On Foot, The Renowned Scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Takes Us To Twelve Countries In Search Of Africa's Magnificent Past, The Now Neglected Civilizations That In Their Day Were As Grand And Sophisticated As Any On The Face Of The Earth. From Nubia's Ancient Empire, Which For A Time Ruled Egypt And Centuries Before Had Established The Earliest Known African City, To The Fabled Town Of Timbuktu, Where During The Medieval Period There Thrived A Center Of Scholars That Rivaled Any In Europe And Where Books Were As Prized As Gold, To Ethiopia's Christian Kingdom, Where The Lost Ark Of The Covenant Is Said To Reside Under Perpetual Vigil, Gates Reveals An Africa Little Known To Westerners. And As He Shows Us The Achievements That Exploiters Of The Continent Have Ignored Or Denied For Centuries, He Introduces Us As Well To The Fascinating Variety Of Modern-day Africans, Many Of Whom Are Descended From The Great Peoples W

Author

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Peter A Andersen, (Book designer); Carol Devine Carson

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf R. R. Donnelley & Sons

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375402364

Subjects

History, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24