Where to watch Africa's Great Civilizations (2017) in the UK
Africa's Great Civilizations (2017) is currently available to stream in the UK on PBS America Amazon Channel. It can be bought from Apple TV Store and Amazon Video. Last verified on 12 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.
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