Title: Wonders of the African world
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.
Subjects: Swahili-speaking peoples, Documentary television programs, Films for the hearing impaired, Civilization, History, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Antiquities, Dogon (African people), Griots, Mosques, Islamic architecture, Shona (African people), Ashanti (African people), Fon (African people), Slave trade, Vodou, Church buildings, Early Christian Architecture, Ark of the Covenant, Religion
Places: Africa, Meroe (Extinct city), Khartoum (Sudan), Nubia, Jizah (Egypt), Abu? Sunbul (Egypt), Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, Gedi (Kenya), Zanzibar