Wonders of the African world
Subtitle: Disc 1
By: Wall to Wall Television for BBC and PBS in association with ITEL ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Nicola Colton, Nick Godwin, Helena Appio
Contributors: Goold, Ben; Wall to Wall Television; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); PBS Home Video
Edition: Full screen version.
Publisher: Distributed by PBS Home Video
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Alexandria, Va.]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780793697069
Subjects: Swahili-speaking peoples; Documentary television programs; Films for the hearing impaired; Civilization; History; Description and travel; Social life and customs; Antiquities
Other titles: Black kingdoms of the Nile.; Swahili coast.
Description: Black kingdoms of the Nile. Gates embarks on an epic journey through Egypt and Sudan in search of Nubia, an ancient African civilization which once rivaled Egypt. The Swahili Coast. Gates travels along the palm-fringed coast of Kenya and Tanzania and on to the legendary island of Zanzibar.
Notes: Actual playing time is approximately 146 min. not 106 min. as written on disc label.

Narrator's book of the same title published in 1999.

Special features: Osei Kwame, The Adowa Orchestra, Performance from Timkat in Gondar, The Troupe du Savoir, The Matopo Boys Choir, Boom Shaka.

Executive producer Jonathan Hewes ; series producer, Ben Goold.

Narrator/guide: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

DVD, NTSC, English 2.0, stereo.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Black kingdoms of the Nile; title: The Swahili coast.