Africa: A Voyage of Discovery was a series about the history of Africa with

Basil Davidson Basil Risbridger Davidson (9 November 1914 – 9 July 2010) was a British journalist and historian who wrote more than 30 books on African history and politics. According to two modern writers, "Davidson, a campaigning journalist whose fir ...

. It was produced in a collaboration between

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

, the

Nigerian Television Authority The Nigerian Television Authority or NTA is a Nigerian government-owned and partly commercial broadcast station. Originally known as Nigerian Television (NTV), it was inaugurated in 1977 with a monopoly on national television broadcasting, after ...

and RM Arts in 1984 and consisted of eight parts in four episodes. The film received the Gold Award from the 1984 International Film and Television Festival of New York. Each part is around an hour long. * Different But Equal * Mastering of a Continent * Caravans of Gold * The King and The City * The Bible and the Gun * The Magnificent African Cake * The Rise of Nationalism * The Legacy

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* {{IMDb title, tt0953817 1984 British television series debuts 1984 British television series endings 1980s British documentary television series Channel 4 documentary series Documentary films about Africa Documentary films about African resistance to colonialism Films shot in Algeria Films shot in Egypt Films shot in Ethiopia Films shot in Ghana Films shot in Kenya Films shot in Mali Films shot in Mozambique Films shot in Nigeria Films shot in Senegal Films shot in Sudan Films shot in Tanzania Films shot in Zimbabwe