Title Wonders of the African world / 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.

Publication Info.	[Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2004.
	2000.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room	DVD 960 WONDERS DISC 1	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room	DVD 960 WONDERS DISC 2-3	Check Shelf

Description	3 videodiscs (approximately 330 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby digital.
Performer	Narrator/guide: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Credits	Executive producer Jonathan Hewes ; series producer, Ben Goold.
Note	Narrator's book of the same title published in 1999.
	Bonus features: Six exclusive musical performances not seen in the PBS broadcast.
Summary	This documentary presents Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world.
Audience	Not rated.
Contents	Disc 1. Black kingdoms of the Nile ; The Swahili coast -- Disc 2. The slave kingdoms ; The Holy Land -- Disc 3. The road to Timbuktu ; Lost cities of the South.
Language	English dialogue; closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Africa -- Civilization.
	Africa -- History.
	Africa -- Description and travel.
	Africa -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form	Documentary television programs.
	Films for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
	Goold, Ben.
	Wall to Wall Television.
	British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
	Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
	PBS Home Video.
Added Title	Black kingdoms of the Nile.
	Swahili coast.
	Slave kingdoms.
	Holy Land.
	Road to Timbuktu.
	Lost cities of the South.
ISBN	0793697069
	9780793697069
Standard No.	841887002073
Music No.	WOAF600 PBS Home Video

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