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The Rise of Islam

Islam is one of the two biggest religions in Africa. But how did it spread, and why?

• 28 mins

The Ancient Kingdom of Ghana

Exploring Ancient Ghana, the first of the magnificent empires of west Africa

• 28 mins

The Great Empires of Mali and Songhay

The kings and warriors who dominated west Africa for 300 years

• 28 mins

The Swahili Coast

The prosperity, peoples and trade routes of the east African coast.

• 28 mins

The Kongo and Great Zimbabwe

The rise of two 14th Century empires...and the coming of the Portuguese

• 28 mins

Art in Africa

How African art is a window into the past

• 28 mins

The Hausa City States

How the diverse people of Hausaland in northern Nigeria were unified

• 28 mins

The Roots of Slavery

The history of Africans as both the enslaved and the enslavers

• 28 mins

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

The history, practise, and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.

• 28 mins

Africa on the Eve of Colonialism

How might Africa have developed had its fate not been taken out of African hands?

• 28 mins

The Mfecane

How an 18th Century Zulu king changed the political landscape of South Africa

• 28 mins

Partition and Resistance

How and why did Europe decide to impose a political partition on Africa?

• 28 mins

Life Under Colonialism

What was life like for African people under European rule?

• 28 mins

Challenges to Colonialism

The growing African resistance to racism and colonialism

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Independence

How changing political forces in middle of the 20th Century made independence possible.

• 28 mins

Apartheid

How apartheid affected the lives of Africans and how was it overcome

• 28 mins

The Nation State

Could the new generation of African politicians live up to expectations they had raised?

• 28 mins