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Africa's Great Civilizations is a PBS six-hour television series hosted and written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. It aired on PBS in the United States in February 2017.
Original Release
02/27/2017 on PBS
US Release
02/27/2017
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Self - Presenter |
| Malik Kaddu | Sultan Suleiman / Tippu Tip (1.6) |
| Kazeem Tosin Amore | Ewuare - The Oba of Benin |
| Lamin Tamba | Mansa Musa |
| Fabio Abraham | Tariq Ben Ziad |
| Richard Leakey | Self - Palaeoanthropologist |
| George Lamptey | Obalufon |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Origins | Monday, 27 February 2017 |
| 2 | The Cross and the Crescent | Monday, 27 February 2017 |
| 3 | Empires of Gold | Wednesday, 01 March 2017 |
| 4 | Cities | Wednesday, 01 March 2017 |
| 5 | The Atlantic Age | Thursday, 02 March 2017 |
| 6 | Commerce and the Clash of Civilizations | Thursday, 02 March 2017 |
Directors
Karen McGann, Virginia Quinn, Mark Bates
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Self - Presenter |
| Malik Kaddu | Sultan Suleiman / Tippu Tip (1.6) |
| Kazeem Tosin Amore | Ewuare - The Oba of Benin |
| Lamin Tamba | Mansa Musa |
| Fabio Abraham | Tariq Ben Ziad |
| Richard Leakey | Self - Palaeoanthropologist |
| George Lamptey | Obalufon |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Peter W. Kunhardt | Executive Producer |
| Ben Goold | Executive Producer |
| Dalton Delan | Executive Producer |
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Dyllan McGee | Executive Producer |
| Anne Harrington | Executive Producer |
| Jane Root | Executive Producer |
| Emily Harris | Producer |
| Dudley Cruse | Producer |
| Graeme Hart | Producer |
| George Kunhardt | Producer |
| Teddy Kunhardt | Producer |
| Deborah Clancy Porfido | Producer |
| Teresa Nunn | Producer |
| William Ventura | Producer |
| Matthew Sanger | Producer |
| Tomasz Cebula | Producer |
| Sarah Clark | Producer |
| Karen McGann | Producer |
| Lisa Martinson | Producer |
| Virginia Quinn | Producer |
| Clementine Mortelman | Producer |
| Nick Adey | Producer |
| Zablon Beyene | Producer |
| Mark Bates | Producer |
| David Vincent | Producer |
| Archie Powell | Producer |
| Phil Stein | Producer |
| Laura Warner | Producer |
| Dan Hillman | Producer |
| Joe Johnson | Producer |
Editors
Anthony Willis, Kieran Smyth, Guy Scutter, Doug Howarth, Daniel Garcia Robles, Damian Townend
