Africa's Great Civilizations enemy forces A man needing money agrees

A man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest

and then they hit the tables to see if it really works

with realistic recreations shot on location and compelling interviews with descendants of Riley

Tyrone Power is Ensign Chuck Palmer

Africa's Great Civilizations enemy forces A man needing money agreesHenry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.