'Africa, The Voyage Of Discovery: Different But Equal'

In Dr. Basil Davidson’s video documentary, “Africa, The Voyage of Discovery: Different but Equal”, he exhibits a unique perspective of African society, and characterizes African people as independent and proud individuals who are “equal in dignity and human worth” (Basil Davidson’s) as other societies. He also believes that African societies were a once succeeding society with hard working individuals and incredible architectures. He states that leaders in Africa lived like kings and people enjoyed their lives. He also expresses that Africa has its own profound history, unlike those explorers like Samuel Baker and Richard, including other white men who found themselves superior to Africans throughout history. They all found African individuals are sample and savage from their own interpretation. Includes other thoughts that African people are uneducated and cruel. Thus, through a series of facts and histories, this video documentary successfully demonstrates that African individuals and histories are equal to American people and histories.

First, Davidson expresses disagreements with these explores positions.

In this video documentary, he states that he sees the continent as flourishing, powerful and holy. Then Davidson describes in details that the African coast “was the scene of cruelty” in a slavery state run by the white men for over 300 years. Years after that, people in africa “were dragged from their homes into white men’s world of misery and degradation” quoted from Davidson. And they were not treated as much as human beings, they were violated whenever the white men needed to. Furthermore, Davidson takes us to a tour of the lovely and beautiful places and scenes of Africa in order to display that how the center of African spirits obliterated in the slave exchange and the common respect shared between the African world and western

world.
Second, Davidson explained how Africa had a great influence of Egyptian society. Davidson believed that the influence was extremely solid on ancient Egyptian civilization. One of the reasons is that extensive structures were found in both societies and used mud walls for these structures in order to help against the heat. They both shared similar beds structure as well. In addition, both societies had an alphabetic writing system, which mainly produced paintings, which both demonstrates wild elephants for military and utility uses, both are upbeat in their way of life, both took part in games like wrestling and moving, furthermore they all participated in Christianity.
The African Experience by Vincent B. Khapoya, agrees to Davidson as well. The first chapter clearly defines the corrupt views of the African culture by the American people. It states that an increasing number of African Americans have been struggle regarding civil rights and racial equality, thus, this issue cannot be neglected, and several organization are formed in order to prevent this.
Davidson is known as a specialist on African history and culture due his numerous visits to Africa, furthermore from his insightful works and reliable writings. Where Davidson refer African culture with respects, the cultures and the social customs of Africa as well the African individuals. He implies that they were not only protecting their own right, as well as influential in different societies, particularly, the Egyptian culture and society. Davidson states that both human advancements to be incredible civic establishments which merit regard and whose curios, relics, pieces, and different aspects that tells stories of the lovely land itself.