An African Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby

Africa consists of more than 50 countries. Each one is unique. With its population of more than a billion, Africa – where homo sapiens originated at least 100,000 years ago – is the most culturally and ethnically diverse continent on the planet.

But the peoples of Africa are widely regarded as victims of hunger, disease, poverty and conflict, and the vast continent in which they live as one unmitigated disaster. Of course there are victims and there are disasters. But to view Africa exclusively through that narrow prism is to short-change the truth and to miss the point.