

Wonders of the African World - Season 1 Episode 5 The Road to Timbuktu
With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
1999-10-27
319 minutes.
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Oct 25, 1999
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1 - 1Black Kingdoms of the Nile Oct 25, 1999
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1 - 2The Swahili Coast Oct 25, 1999
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1 - 3The Slave Kingdoms Oct 26, 1999
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1 - 4The Holy Land Oct 26, 1999
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1 - 5The Road to Timbuktu Oct 27, 1999
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1 - 6Lost Cities of the South Oct 27, 1999
Overview
It is perhaps surprising that a place as comparatively close to Europe as West Africa should remain more or less unknown long after the colonization of the Americas. Indeed, it was not until 1828 that the first European saw Timbuktu and lived to tell the tale.
Year 1999
Studio PBS
Director
Crew
Popularity 0.4986
Language English