TV documentary rec
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susanreadsLost Kingdoms of Africa is presented by art historian Gus Casely-Hayford, not by the usual white celebrity. That'll be why it's on BBC4, not BBC2. It's also why I thought it would be worth recording, and I wasn't disappointed.
The first programme is about Nubia, the black African kingdom south of ancient Egypt (we don't know their name for themselves; "Nubia" may have been an insult). The Egyptian and Greek scholars of the time dismissed them as barbarians; colonial historians found the ruined cities and pyramids, and assumed they were copied from Egypt. A Sudanese archaeologist shows us where they actually came from, and where they went; Gus C-H talks to the people who live there now, and traces their cultural influences in present-day Africa. Bonus critique of colonial history ftw.
It's repeated at 8pm on Sunday, still on BBC4, and the next episode is on Tuesday.
Also looking forward to: series 2 of Being Human, Sunday on BBC3; series 2 of Survivors (yes, it's rubbish, but I expect it to be more fun than Heroes), next Tuesday on BBC1.
The first programme is about Nubia, the black African kingdom south of ancient Egypt (we don't know their name for themselves; "Nubia" may have been an insult). The Egyptian and Greek scholars of the time dismissed them as barbarians; colonial historians found the ruined cities and pyramids, and assumed they were copied from Egypt. A Sudanese archaeologist shows us where they actually came from, and where they went; Gus C-H talks to the people who live there now, and traces their cultural influences in present-day Africa. Bonus critique of colonial history ftw.
It's repeated at 8pm on Sunday, still on BBC4, and the next episode is on Tuesday.
Also looking forward to: series 2 of Being Human, Sunday on BBC3; series 2 of Survivors (yes, it's rubbish, but I expect it to be more fun than Heroes), next Tuesday on BBC1.
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