Islamist rebels set fire to libraries containing Timbuktu's precious manuscripts, but local families smuggled out majority of the texts in donkey carts and canoes.
DW's African Roots series portrays 50 personalities from African history. Narrated in African voices, they serve as the basis for audience debates in social media, on the radio, or at historical sites.
DW s African Roots project: Making Africa s history tangible African Roots is celebrating 50 portraits of significant figures in African history. Narrated with African voices, they serve as the basis for debates on the web, radio, or historical sites.
A reverent mood prevails within the walls of Cape Coast Castle that fortress on the Ghanaian coast from which European traders and colonial powers once shipped hundreds of thousands of slaves across the Atlantic. Before the eyes of schoolgirl Gloria Ekweagu, the fortress with its dark dungeons conjures up images of torture, of people screaming. I actually felt the pain they were feeling, Ekweagu says in conversation with three other students, a historian, and DW moderator Isaac Kaledzi. If we want to teach the history of slavery, we have to take people to historical places, says history professor Kwame Osei Kwarteng.
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DW s African Roots series portrays 50 personalities from African history. Narrated in African voices, they serve as the basis for audience debates in social media, on the radio, or at historical sites.
The now-completed 50-part series of portraits of African historical figures is the centerpiece of the multimedia project, a collaboration between DW, the Gerda Henkel Foundation and the Nigerian animation company the Comic Republic. The series personalizes the continent s history and makes it tangible. Together, the short stories create a comprehensive picture of Africa s diverse history. The series is published in six languages and is aimed mainly at a young audience.