The Scramble for Africa
- Episode aired 2001
Oppression and slavery in Sudan in Northeast Africa and an uprising by the ruling Mahdi (a messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith) would lead the former British governor General Charles Gor... Read allOppression and slavery in Sudan in Northeast Africa and an uprising by the ruling Mahdi (a messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith) would lead the former British governor General Charles Gordon into a personal, bloody war culminating in his defeat and death at Khartoum, the capit... Read allOppression and slavery in Sudan in Northeast Africa and an uprising by the ruling Mahdi (a messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith) would lead the former British governor General Charles Gordon into a personal, bloody war culminating in his defeat and death at Khartoum, the capital. In South Africa British businessman Cecil Rhodes would lead the rush to exploit the ri... Read all