Check out 'Nubian Spirit:The African Legacy of the Nile Valley'
In civilisations like Kush women were viewed as equals to men, both in the spirit world and in the rulership.
This film digs deep into Ancient Africa's numerous contributions to modern civilization. It draws out the importance of the Male, female relationships and it looks at such disciplines as astronomy, architecture, science and much more that the Ancient Africans used to make sense of their world.
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