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A Black woman wearing a nurse's uniform puts her arm around a Black boy, both smile at the camera.

Crocodile walking into the water. Caption. Birds, insects, and reptiles.

Image of women in colorful attire working and walking in an African village courtyard. They're surrounded by mudbrick buildings. Caption. People said that he was looking for a second wife.

3 people in red, gold, and green headbands sit on horses. Men stand in front of them on both sides. Caption. Selamawit as narrator. Red, gold, and green are the colors of the Ethiopian flag.

Masai boy in red and white shuka looks down at an object held in his fingers. Caption. He tells us that smiling and laughing is for women, not us men.

Tuareg boy smiles broadly and looks slightly off camera. Caption. Another of our Tuareg customs, is wearing blue clothes.

African people in bright pink kaftans and bead necklaces. Caption. New boundaries also pulled together groups.

Text reads, “All About Africa For Kids,” bordered with colorful African art patterns.

Closeup of a wooden Kwanzaa kinara with red, green and black candles. Heap of fruits and vegetables fills background.

Aerial view of mostly bare light brown land with low lying trees. Caption: Termites are extremely territorial

Still image from: Animal DNA: The Savannah

Two adult birds with one chick who is flapping and demanding attention from an adult. Foliage in the background. Caption: The ibis lays its eggs here each year.

A woman against an illustrated backdrop with an elephant. Spanish captions.

A woman with a paintbrush and a pallet. On her canvas and around her are illustrated giraffes. Spanish captions.

Aerial view of plains with brown dirt and a few trees. Parts of the plains appear to be flooded. Caption with female narrator, "Botswana is home to the Kalahari Desert."

Ancient Egyptian gold pharaoh mask painted with bright colors is lit up against a black background. Caption. "Tutankhamen's mask--."

Looking up from the ground, a large, ancient, brown clay building with the ends of many wooden beams poking out. Caption. "This is the oldest known city in this part of Africa."

Person from the Dogon tribe in Mali, Africa wearing a bright red, feathered top and a long, clay mask with maroon and brown feathers sticking out of the sides. Caption. "They are the masks of the Dogon dancers."

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Ancient yellow-stone building on a hill above a body of water. Caption. "The city of Leptis Magna was a gateway for trade."

Brightly colored ancient Egyptian wall painting of Queen Nefertiti interacting with the goddess Isis. Caption. "Here the goddess Isis offers Nefertiti the ankh."

View of Morocco at sunset. Text reads, “Morocco.”

Black and white frame shows a woman with dark hair wearing an evening gown standing between a man in a white suit and a man in a plaid shirt. Caption. Remember your farewell party?

Two rhinos facing each other with heads lowered, in a clearing surrounded by trees. Caption: or to defend themselves and their young.

Black and white illustration of an African tribe speaking with white men wearing tricorn hats in a row boat docked at shore. Caption. One of these travelers.

Still image from: Blue's Clues and You: The Big Blue Derby

Lush, green landscape with trees in background and brown sign in foreground. Caption. It will make me sad if more of the forest is cut down.

Four South African women all wear tan hats and green tactical shirts. They all sit next to each other, leaning against a table as they listen to someone talk. Behind them on the wall is a white board with a chart on it.

Jenny Demond holds and coos at two baby chimpanzees in her arms.

Young boy and girl who are waving at us sit on top of a blue jeep in a tall grassy area. Two other people have the windows open and lean out to look at us.

The upper body of a chimpanzee visible in between the trees. Caption: There's also big trouble in store for the chimpanzees.

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Congo and Africa's World War

Elephants in the wild. One has a large amount of plant matter held in its trunk. Caption: (Poole) The trunk is an amazing appendage,

Wide shot of an Egyptian temple rising out of the desert with trees and grasslands in the foreground. Caption. A powerful river civilization emerged.

Group of wildebeests gathers together in the desert.

Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: The Songhai Empire--Africa's Age of Gold (Episode 7)

2 Black boys wearing school backpacks walk down a dirt path next to a building on a sunny day. Caption. We walk about 10 minutes to school.

Illustration shows a man with hair in a curled cone shape holding fire in his hand. Behind him are tall trees. Text reads, “Orun. Aye.”

Closeup of a small reptile with head raised. Caption. Animals you would never see on a North American farm.

Still image from: Go Jetters: Great Mosque of Djenne, Africa

Still image from: Go Jetters: Mountain Gorillas, The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Still image from: Go Jetters: The Continent of Africa

Still image from: Go Jetters: Timgad Ruins, Algeria

Still image from: Gorillas for Kids

Title text reads, "Happy Kwanzaa," beside a lit wooden kinara.

Cartoon. Hippo opens its jaws, creating sound waves that send nearby fish swimming away. Caption. And opens his huge mouth ever so wide and says.

Cartoon. Hippo catches fish with mouth open wide. Spanish caption. Entonces podrías comer todos mis pececitos.

Closeup of red drawers with gold, round handles in a row. One in the bottom center has a pink and gold label that reads, "S. Santon." Caption. Every medicine used during the Black Plague contained sugar.

Storybook cover with an illustration of a snowman wearing a red scarf and red mittens. The snowman loses its black top hat as it appears to run off the cover. Text on cover reads, "How to Catch a snowman."

Still image from: Hyenas for Kids

Boy in a frilly shirt pointing at shapes on a chalkboard. A stuffed bear, unicorn, and rabbit sit with a dog below and look up at the boy. Text reads, "Perhaps you will empower kids to be all they can be."

Man with glasses raises eyebrows and parts lips mid-speech. Toys and books are on bookshelves in background.

Still image from: Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild: Spectacular Serengeti

Herd of Zebras standing on a grassy plain. Caption: Zebras cluster together in a tangle of stripes,

3 African herdsmen wearing bright pink and purple robes and holding long spears surround a herd of cattle that are all moving in one direction.

A rhino walking through a field of grass. Caption: They'll mosey on back into the shade

Black and white frame of man and woman in expedition clothes. Both stare ahead.

Illustration of a bug with a dark body and light greenish-yellow wings. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Lab Six: Africa (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Africa II (Spanish)

Still image from: Lemurs for Kids

Book cover titled, "Let's Make a Rainbow: A Yoga Story for Kids." Girl and boy face us a they each raise themselves off the ground with one arm in a side plank pose on the grass. Text reads, "By Susan Rose. Illustrated by Timna Green."

Man sits at a basket merchant stand with signs of the star of David and “Fellasha Village” written on them. Text reads, “Falasha.”

Man driving behind a line of cars on a city street. Caption. Much of Casablanca's charm is found in casual reminders.

Animation. African teenage girl reaches for a comb in her hair with eyes closed. Caption. Mufaro knew nothing of how Manyara treated Nyasha.

Several Zimbabweans in wheelchairs who make up the band Liyana sing into microphones and play instruments on a street, while others look on.

Cartoon of a blue spider with a blue wizard hat talking while standing on its web in front of a white pillow. Caption. Because not all the countries are as well off as ours.

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Aleisha's Ugandan Rolex

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Okai's Ghanaian Okra Stew

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Sebastiaan's South African Bobotie

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Talib's Tanzanian Banana Curry

Still image from: My World Kitchen: Zahra-Rose's Somalian Nafaqo

A coastal region of South West Africa. Caption: Africa Namib Desert. Latitude, 19 degrees 23 minutes South. Longitude, 12 degrees 53 minutes East. Midday Dune Temperature, 50 degrees Celsius. Average Rainfall, 2 to 85 millimeters.

An area on the map of Africa is highlighted, with a group of deer running in the background. Caption: Okavango Botswana. Latitude, 19 degrees to 20 degrees. Longitude, 22 degrees to 23 degrees East. Average rainfall, 450 millimeters. Temperature range, 21 degrees to 38 degrees Celsius.

A hilly forest region of East Africa. Caption: Serengeti Tanzania. Latitude, 2 degrees 43 minutes South. Longitude, 34 degrees 85 minutes East. Average Rainfall, 700 millimeters. Temperature range, 15 to 28 degrees Celsius.

A deer-like animal with a pair of sharp horns. Caption: a system of ruthless checks and balances,

Man wearing a turban and robe stands across from a young boy near a hut. They are looking down at a white cloth with vegetables. Caption. You have to keep your eye on the women at all times.

Head of a hippo emerging from muddy water. Caption: here to thrive during the rainy season.

Close-up of an African bullfrog, which is a chartreuse color with black markings, sitting on sandy ground.

Three or four lions rest around the base of a tree trunk in the shade, looking out in all directions.

Close-up of a red-brownish Armored Ground Cricket creeping over the edge of a piece of wood.

Light-tan colored baboon spider sits on a pile of sand, almost blending into the environment.

Banded mongoose sits up on hind legs in the foreground as other mongooses in the background browse around the brush.

Pink blind snake, resembling an earthworm, stretches out over sand in the dark.

Dusty blue-and-green frog, known as the bubbling kassina, lies on the sandy ground.

Herd of Cape buffalo stalking through grasslands in rows as the sun shines brightly, close to the horizon.

Black centipede with bright orange legs crawls down a roughly textured tree branch.

Bright green chameleon sitting on a branch catches an insect with its long, far-reaching tongue.

Lioness approaches a dead giraffe lying on its side on the ground near thick bushes.

Elephant walks over sandy, patchy grass and piles of poop.

Hinge terrapin looks out from its shell, partially hidden by grass.

Hippo grazes amid a wide grassy area lined with trees.

Leopard tortoise, with a tan and black pattern on its shell, emerges from a shallow body of water.

Swarm of locusts fills the frame, flying against a bright blue sky.

Brown and black millipede with small yellow legs crawls on the underside of a branch.

Two children sit in a canoe, steered by a man standing on the back holding a stick, as they float among lily pads.

Bright green praying mantis with its arms up, sitting among the leaves of a plant.

Puff adder snake coiled up on sandy soil and grass as its head appears poised to strike.

Close-up of brown and tan-colored scorpion that blends in with the tree bark it sits on.

Dozens of flying termites lying on the ground, scattered among disembodied termite wings.

Bird's eye view of an area of the Okavango Delta where watery canals curve around grassy marsh and swamp lands.

Overhead view of a long curving waterway in the Okavango Panhandle, surrounded by wetlands and bushes, as a small boat travels through the water.

Orange snake dotted with black spots slithers along the grass.

Brown and gray tree frog grips a smooth wooden branch in front of a blurry background of a body of water.

Close-up side view of a golden tree squirrel perched on a branch.

View from the Chobe floodplain toward the Ngoma Safari Lodge building, nestled among green trees and brush.

Hairy warthog sits up in a thick mud puddle near a grassland with tall trees and dense shrubs.

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?

Still image from: Ostriches for Kids

Black woman, seated next to young Black man, faces camera and gestures using sign language, 2 index fingers linked together. Caption. Like those of deaf women and the role they play in their family.

Still image from: Rituals of the World: Ethiopia--A Baptism in the Sky

Woman in a headwrap looks down as she holds up a baby beside her. Caption. Joining 2 young mothers in 2 very different societies.

Funnel with filter feeding into a receptacle. The fluid in the filter is dark and the filter is dirty. Caption: She's developing fluoride filtering devices

A caldera filled with water. Caption: A caldera is a large crater-like depression in the earth.

A caldera filled with water. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Search for the Last Unicorn

A herd of elephants. Caption: Some elephant populations seem to be missing their tusks.

2 men in colorful shorts wrestle on the beach. Caption. Male as narrator. Be sure of your hold.

Triangle divided into 3 horizontal sections, illustrating the Serengeti Ecosystem. The bottom section has an image of grass labeled Producers. The middle has an image of oxen labeled Herbivores. The top has an image of a lion labeled Predators.

Still image from: Seven Continents for Kids

Soldiers in green and off-white uniforms stand in rows and hold weapons in a green field. Text reads, "Siege of Jadotville. Thirteen to Seventeen September 1961."

Title card on rusty light brown background reads, "Afro-Eurasia is a term used to describe the land masses of Africa and Eurasia together with the adjacent islands as 1 continent."

Map of the world. Africa is highlighted in orange, Asia is highlighted in purple and Europe is highlighted in green. Spanish caption. El concepto do Afro-Eurasia.

Black and white frame shows a woman staring through the bars of a window in the moonlight. Caption lyrics. When our long, long journey is passed.

View of the Cape Town skyline with mountains in the distance, from the perspective of a boat sailing past. Caption. Would have been a welcome beacon for those early sailors.

Closeup of interconnected beam structure with train and cityscape in background.

An ant, Anochetus levaillanti. Caption: some have tons of hair; some have big spines.

Close up of a frog's face and eyes. Caption: Now we are at 2,820 species of animals and plants.

Crowd of Swazi children and women stand in front of a building. Caption. I don't know how many of us live here.

Gold toned illustration of a human head with the brain exposed. Pencil top erases a portion of the brain. Title card reads, "Severe Memory Loss."

Small, furry animal with a pointed head and nose. Caption: meerkats emerge just after sunrise.

Oil rig passing through a water outlet. Caption. They call it petrotiasis.

People sitting and standing in front of a grass hut. Caption. They, too, have to be held accountable.

Closeup of walking woman wearing a scarf and carrying a container on her head. Caption. Between the rich and the poor.

Wide shot of a crowd standing around a building, and pouring out of a balcony and stairs. Caption. We do not talk of tribes in the N, P, N.

Man in military dress uniform seated before a microphone. Caption. Victory for the unity of this country.

Sign with Afrikaans words, Interdit, venteet consomation de boissons alcoolisees. Caption. Amadou Bamba, in a vision, first received his calling.

Nomadic farmers walking with animals. Caption. Africa's animals were about to lose their souls.

Wide shot of low skyscrapers. Caption. In what continent am I, Africa or Europe?

People walking through a cave. Caption: And try and set your feet without dragging your shoes

Three people in a dark cave wearing headlamps. Caption: There are so many bats in here.

People holding very small skeletons. Caption: Like you and I, there are five lumbar vertebrae,

Taxidermized female lions in a museum. Caption: are two of the most famous specimens at the Field Museum,

Still image from: The Champion Within: Home Versus Visitors

A large herd of elephants. Caption: It's nice seeing the elephants.

Black and white photo of several people wearing white uniforms using tools to work in a field with waist-high plants. Caption. So as they came and as the people were brought.

Swarms of people move through a plaza in Ethiopia. Caption. Female as narrator. Choosing whether to marry and have children.

African man looks past camera and off into the distance, standing in front of open ocean. Caption. Joshua Korlety has been fishing his entire life.

Color illustration. Black woman on hands and knees, eyes closed. A spiral behind her. Caption. I can make the wind play hide and seek.

Digital map of Costa Rica and Panama next to surrounding countries. A red dot in Costa Rica marks the city of San José. Caption. Induces heavy rains to drench the extensive primeval forests.

Young African girl wearing a bright blue tunic with white lace trim smiles, reaching her hand up and out in front of her in a market setting. Caption. The vendor gives me a pastry too.

Young African boy lifts a glass filled with bright red liquid to his lips looking out at something in front of him. Caption. First, we drink bissap.

Woman with wavy red hair parts lips in mid-speech. Caption. Because he sort of opened the door for Africans.

A horse jumps out from the open door in a trailer. Another horse is seen inside the trailer. Caption: and now is undergoing this large scale restoration effort.

An outline map depicts Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Caption: it moved over into neighboring Liberia

Two lions laying in the grass. Caption: Once we find a group of lions,

A line of people walk towards a building with painted walls and thatched roof. Caption. He founded the Cyrene mission school for young Africans.

Still image from: Voices From Another Era: The Fall of Tenochtitlan--Part 2 (Spanish)

Satellite image of Africa with two lines separating a portion of the southeast edge. Caption: and prepares to split Africa in two.

Illustration of the globe with Africa highlighted. Caption: until forming the African continent we know today.

Color illustration of people wearing rabbit and elephant masks standing in front of a door to a house. A person wearing a frog mask crouches in the distance. Caption. Who's in Rabbit's house? Demanded the elephant.

Color illustration. African man glances to one side at a mosquito whispering in his ear. Caption. She goes about whining in people's ears.

Cartoon. African man glances to one side at a mosquito whispering in his ear. Spanish caption. Todavía sigue todo el mundo enojado conmigo?

Front view of a cheetah with an open mouth in glowing light against a blurred gray background. Caption. But 1 man wanted to present Africa in a new light.

Barren, brown landscape with low, flat-topped hills. Caption: This is a journey into a very, very distant past.

Partially exposed fossil in rocks and sand. Caption: We may not have that in any other specimens.

Two people in white protective suits with goggles and gloves carrying a stretcher with a body wrapped in a white sheet. Caption: Up to 90% of people infected with the virus … die.

Person in a reflective heat-protecting suit crouches next to a pit of glowing lava. Caption: (narrator) Protected now, he moves closer and fishes for fresh lava.

Bones of a skeleton laid out in relation to each other. Caption: In 1974 scientists found Lucy -- a hominid species

Person kneeling on the ground and reaching for an object. Caption: It's the ancient graveyard of a lost civilization.

Crowd of Sudanese people wearing bright clothing and carrying full large white bags on their heads while they walk outside. Caption. Narrator. Separated from their families, many orphaned.

A group of small, rodent-like animals. Caption: the meerkats move in on the adder.

Elephants of various sizes in natural habitat. Caption: (narrator) But Fay also found animals that are thriving…

A computer-generated map of the western side of Africa denoting the Sahel Region superimposed over an image of several men in turbans and cloaks riding horses. Caption. The Sahel is a band of semi-arid grassland.

Blurry photo of a group of people huddled and crouched down on the ground, surrounded by people standing above them. Caption. And positioned 500 tanks on the east bank.

Black woman with headscarf, speaking off camera in a recorded interview. Caption. the whole place covered with steam.

Side view of an adult elephant, trunk hanging down into a pool of water. Caption. These animals would simply migrate to other regions.