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In his new documentary, Africa’s Great Civilizations, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and cultural critic Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the epic stories of both celebrated and little-known African kingdoms and cultures. Professor Gates travels the length and breadth of Africa to chronicle the continent’s history from a firmly African perspective. His journey takes him from the city of Great Zimbabwe to the pyramids of Meroe and the spectacular rock-hewn churches of Laibela in Ethiopia.
Join us at WHYY Studios for a preview of the series and a celebration of African culture and heritage including the present day connections to our region.
6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Public Reception with Senegalese and Ethiopian Fare
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Panel Discussion and Thirty Minute Preview Screening
Watch the three part series Africa’s Great Civilizations on February 27, 28 and March 1, 2017 on WHYY-TV and online on WHYY Passport.
Our partner for this program is Penn Africana Studies.
WHYY’s Black History Month Series is sponsored by Bradley and Bradley Associates.
Africa’s Great Civilizations is a production of Inkwell Films, McGee Media, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C., in association with Nutopia Productions.
Major corporate support for Africa’s Great Civilizations is provided by Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson and Ancestry. Major foundation funding is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,Robert F. Smith, the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,the Gilder Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS.