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The Story of AfricaThe Story of AfricaThe Story of Africa
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0 The Story of Africa tells the history of the continent from an African perspective.

Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid.

See the rise and fall of empires and kingdoms, experience the power of religion, the injustices of slavery, and chart the expansion of trade between Africa and other continents.

Hear what it was like to live under colonialism, follow the struggle against it, and celebrate the achievement of independence.