Part 1. lecture 1. Finding the "Lost Continent" ; lecture 2. Africa's many natural environments ; lecture 3. A virtual tour of the great land ; lecture 4. The cradle of humankind ; lecture 5. Crops, cattle, iron
taming a continent ; lecture 6. Kinship and community
societies take shape ; lecture 7. Like nothing else
the ancient Nile Valley ; lecture 8. Soul and spirit
religion in Africa ; lecture 9. Ethiopia
outpost of Christianity ; lecture 10. West Africa's "Golden age" ; lecture 11. The Swahili commercial world ; lecture 12. Great Zimbabwe and the cities of the South
Part 2. lecture 13. The Atlantic slave trade
the scope ; lecture 14. The Atlantic slave trade
the impact ; lecture 15. South Africa
the Dutch cape colony ; lecture 16. South Africa
the Zulu kingdom ; lecture 17. South Africa
the frontier and unification ; lecture 18. South Africa
diamonds and gold ; lecture 19. Prelude to the "Scramble for Africa" ; lecture 20. European conquest and African resistance ; lecture 21. Colonial Africa
new realities ; lecture 22. Colonial Africa
comparisons and change ; lecture 23. The lion awakes
the rise of nationalism ; lecture 24. The peaceful paths to independence
Part 3. lecture 25. The Congo
promise and pain ; lecture 26. Segregation to apartheid in South Africa ; lecture 27. The armed struggles for independence ; lecture 28. The first taste of freedom ; lecture 29. The taste turns sour ; lecture 30. The world turns down
the "permanent crisis" ; lecture 31. A new dawn? The democratic revival ; lecture 32. The South African miracle ; lecture 33. The unthinkable
the Rwanda genocide ; lecture 34. The new plague
HIV/AIDS in Africa ; lecture 35. Zimbabwe
background to contemporary crisis ; lecture 36. Africa found.
