This series was written and narrated by Dr. Ali Mazrui in the early 1980s and jointly produced by the BBC and the Public Broadcasting Service (WETA, Washington) in association with the Nigerian Television Authority. These episodes were presented on film in 1986, and a book by the same title was jointly published by BBC Publications and Little, Brown and Company.
This is a 9 Hour-length sessions written and presented for PBS and WETA
“A Commentary”
Written & Presented by
with several consultants and contributors:
This became a series of some considerable public note, commented upon in Wikipedia:
