Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. embarks on a personal journey of discovery, exploring the forgotten history and full cultural richness of an Africa that has barely been glimpsed by the outside world.  Into Africa (Wonders of the African World) looks beyond the images of poverty and war to tell the remarkable stories of the continent’s forgotten glories: including the fabled island of Zanzibar, the legendary city of Timbuktu and the enchanted castles and island monasteries of Ethiopia on the trail of the lost Ark of Covenant.  Henry Louis Gates Jr. one of America’s most dynamic intellectuals, brings an engaging energy to his search for the relationship between Africa’s past and present.