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Joanna Lumley's Nile episode 3

Joanna Lumley’s Nile episode 3

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Joanna Lumley’s Nile episode 3: The epic river journey brings the actress to Khartoum, where she watches whirling dervishes practising their devotional dancing and experiences a Sudanese beauty treatment that makes use of wood smoke. She then takes a short diversion into Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains to meet an unusual group of Olympic hopefuls training in the thin air of the highlands.     In “Joanna Lumley’s Nile,” the actress and presenter embarks on a journey down the longest river in the world, exploring the diverse landscapes, cultures, and history that make up the Nile’s basin. Throughout the series, Joanna’s infectious […]

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Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 2 - Ethiopia

Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 2 – Ethiopia

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Lost Kingdoms of Africa episode 2 – Ethiopia: Art historian Gus Casely-Hayford explores the history of the old African kingdom of Ethiopia, which ended when Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by the military in 1974.     The African continent is home to nearly a billion people. It has an incredible diversity of communities and cultures, yet we know less of its history than almost anywhere else on earth. But that is beginning to change. In the last few decades, researchers and archaeologists have begun to uncover a range of histories as impressive and extraordinary as anywhere else in the

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