In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a ...

Miriam O’Donkor takes you through the history of wigs in Africa. Additional filming: Ameer Ahmed, Valentine Ngaruiya, Joshua Akinyemi Thomas Naadi explains how casting a ballot works in Ghana's ...