Lost kingdoms of Africa videorecording / an IWC Media Production for BBC

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Object Details

Author
Casely-Hayford, Gus
Wilson, David (David J.)
Hall, Ishbell
Simkin, Michael
Harper, Ross
Athena (Firm)
Acorn Media (Firm)
IWC Media
Subject
Solomon King of Israel
Sheba Queen of
Documentary.
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on television in 2009.
Bonus features: 16-page viewer's guide; biographies of prominent precolonial Africans; profiles of Sudan, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria today.
Presented by Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford.
DVD; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby Digital stereo.
AFA copy 39088018044966 Gift from Janet Stanley.
Contents
Disc 1. Nubia ; Ethiopia / directed by David Wilson and Ross Harper ; produced by Michael Simkin and Ross Harper -- Disc 2. Great Zimbabwe ; West Africa / directed by Ishbell Hall, Michael Simkin and Ross Harper ; produced by Michael Simkin and Ross Harper
Summary
Join art historian and host Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford as he uncovers this continent's hidden past.
Nubia: Starting in the desert north of Khartoum in modern Sudan, Casely-Hayford journeys to the ancient sites of Kerma, Jebel Barkal, and Meroë to explore a long-lost kingdom that apparently fell victim to climate change.
Ethiopia: Did the emperors of Ethiopia really descend from the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba? Casely-Hayford surveys the Judeo-Christian influences in the land's art, language, and architecture, dating back centuries.
Great Zimbabwe. Shrouded in mystery, the ruins of Great Zimbabwe rise from an unlikely spot in Africa's interior. Casely-Hayford traces an ancient gold-trading route inland from the eastern coast and explores the city that served as its source.
West Africa. The magnificent Benin bronzes in the British Museum inspire Casely-Hayford to undertake a quest for their origin. The search takes him to modern-day Nigeria and Mali, where the art of fine metalworking has thrived for generations.
2010
[2010]
Call number
video 001361
Type
Videorecordings
Documentary television programs
Television programs for the hearing impaired
Nonfiction television programs
History
Physical description
2 videodiscs (216 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (13 p. : ill.)
Place
Nigeria
Mali
Benin
Nubia
Ethiopia
Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city)
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Bronzes
Antiquities
History
Record ID
siris_sil_1053498
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0