Why we’re overdue to know Africa’s great civilizations
Clip: 2/27/2017 | 6m 10s
Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses his six-part PBS series "Africa's Great Civilizations".
Archeologists and scholars are learning more about Africa than ever before, from the digitization of records and the unearthing of ancient treasures. Audie Cornish talks with Henry Louis Gates Jr. of Harvard University about Africa’s rich but overlooked history and how his six-part PBS series “Africa’s Great Civilizations” took shape.
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Why we’re overdue to know Africa’s great civilizations
Clip: 2/27/2017 | 6m 10s
Archeologists and scholars are learning more about Africa than ever before, from the digitization of records and the unearthing of ancient treasures. Audie Cornish talks with Henry Louis Gates Jr. of Harvard University about Africa’s rich but overlooked history and how his six-part PBS series “Africa’s Great Civilizations” took shape.
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