{"id":1576,"date":"2014-03-03T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T16:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2014-03-03T17:47:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T16:47:02","slug":"the-pan-african-history-of-basil-davidson-episode-1-different-but-equal-screening-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=1576","title":{"rendered":"The Pan-African history of Basil Davidson: Episode 1 \u2013 Different but Equal: Screening + Q&A"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday, 11 March 2014 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm<\/h2>\n

Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS<\/h2>\n

http:\/\/www.abbrv.co.uk\/vDj<\/a><\/p>\n

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Speakers<\/strong>: Mick Csaky, Series Executive Producer; Gus Casely-Hayford, presenter, Lost Kingdoms of Africa; Professor Stephen Quirke, Institute of Archaeology, University College London.<\/p>\n

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The Royal African Society is proud to announce that it is hosting the 30 anniversary of Basil Davidson\u2019s award\u00adwinning 8 x 1\u00adhour documentary film series \u201cAFRICA: A Voyage of Discovery\u201d which first appeared in the UK on Channel 4 television in April 1984 and went on to play worldwide, with an accompanying book.<\/p>\n

Basil Davidson\u2019s seminal documentary series \u2018Africa\u2019 challenges the long held beliefs like the opinion of David Hume that Africa had \u2018no ingenious manufactures among them, no arts, no sciences\u2019. The series presents a pan-African conception of history from the origins of Egypt and Nubia to the liberation movements that Basil was familiar with, and newly independent nations in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.<\/p>\n

When Greek Historian Herodotus visited Ancient Egypt he described the civilisation he saw there as \u2018different but equal\u2019. Episode one shows that some of the world\u2019s greatest early civilisations have their origins in black Africa, including those along the Nile Valley. The episode includes interviews with Senegalese mathematician, philosopher and Egyptologist Cheikh Anta Diop and explores the growth of African civilisations in West and Northeast Africa.<\/p>\n

In the Q&A following the screening we will discuss the extent Victorian Egyptologists \u2018whitewashed\u2019 archaeology to fit in with their conception of Africa as a land with no intrinsic history.<\/p>\n

About the series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The series was produced in collaboration between Channel 4, The Nigeria Television Authority MBTV and RM Arts. It first aired 30 years ago in 1984 and won many awards, including the International Film & TV Festival of New York Gold Award. It has since been distributed, free of charge to many schools and colleges in the UK and Africa.<\/p>\n

About Basil Davidson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basil Davidson was a distinguished author and historian, having written more than 30 books on Africa. Prior to this he was a soldier working in Churchill\u2019s Special Operations Executive during World War 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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