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African Renaissance

Season 1 2020

  • 2020-08-18T01:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 42m
  • 2h 40m (3 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal are becoming the powerhouses of African culture.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2020-08-18T01:00:00Z

1x01 Ethiopia

Series Premiere

1x01 Ethiopia

  • 2020-08-18T01:00:00Z42m

Afua Hirsch looks at how Ethiopian's proud history of independence had informed its art - and how its time under empire saw it develop its own sophisticated method of "Wax and Gold".

2020-08-25T01:00:00Z

1x02 Senegal

1x02 Senegal

  • 2020-08-25T01:00:00Z59m

Afua Hirsch explores the emergence of Senegal from French colonial rule - and how the country expressed itself through art under its poet president Léopold Senghor.

2020-09-01T01:00:00Z

1x03 Kenya

1x03 Kenya

  • 2020-09-01T01:00:00Z59m

Afua Hirsch concludes the series with a look at how art emerged in Kenya in a period of post-colonialism. Subjects include both the spiritual significance of art, and its means to create and reinforce stereotypes.

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