The Africans: A Triple Heritage
Written and narrated by Dr. Ali Mazrui in the early 1980s and jointly produced by the BBC and PBS (WETA, Washington) in association with the Nigerian Television Authority. Africa's triple heritage, as envisioned by Mazrui is a product resulting from three major influences: (1) an indigenous heritage borne out of time and climate change; (2) the heritage of eurocentric capitalism forced on Africans by European colonialism; and (3) the spread of Islam by both jihad and evangelism. The negative effects of this history have yet to be addressed by independent African leaders, while the West has tended to regard Africa as recipient rather than as transmitter of effects. Yet Africa has transformed both Europe and America in the past, Mazrui points out, and the difficult situation in which Africa finds itself today (economically dependent, culturally mixed, and politically unstable) is the price it has had to pay for Western development.
Cast: Ali Mazrui
Season 1
9 episodes
- 1. The Nature of a ContinentNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
- 2. A Legacy of LifestylesNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
- 3. New GodsNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
- 4. Tools of ExploitationNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
- 5. New ConflictsNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
- 6. In Search of StabilityNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
- 7. A Garden of Eden in DecayNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
- 8. A Clash of CulturesNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
- 9. Global AfricaNo synopsis available yet.CC58minOct 7, 1986
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The Africans: A Triple Heritage
Written and narrated by Dr. Ali Mazrui in the early 1980s and jointly produced by the BBC and PBS (WETA, Washington) in association with the Nigerian Television Authority. Africa's triple heritage, as envisioned by Mazrui is a product resulting from three major influences: (1) an indigenous heritage borne out of time and climate change; (2) the heritage of eurocentric capitalism forced on Africans by European colonialism; and (3) the spread of Islam by both jihad and evangelism. The negative effects of this history have yet to be addressed by independent African leaders, while the West has tended to regard Africa as recipient rather than as transmitter of effects. Yet Africa has transformed both Europe and America in the past, Mazrui points out, and the difficult situation in which Africa finds itself today (economically dependent, culturally mixed, and politically unstable) is the price it has had to pay for Western development.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Ali Mazrui
- Cast
- Ali Mazrui
- Studio
- BBC TV, WETA, Nigerian Television Service (NTS)
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
English
Where to watch
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