Lost Kingdoms of Africa [2 Discs]

"Though often ignorantly written off as primitive, Africa was in fact the home to burgeoning and thriving cultures that pre-dated the arrival of Europeans - rich with art, architecture, music, religion, language, and much more. This four-part documentary program hones in exclusively on the African visual art of antiquity. National Portrait Gallery trustee Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford hosts, leading detailed on-camera explorations of ""forgotten"" African civilizations and the relics that they left behind. Highlights include the Monuments of Nubia, the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, Ethiopian monastic structures made of stone, and much more."