Watch Regions of World Series: Sub-Sahara Africa (1970) : Full Movie Online Free The Beginning. Ancient and Medieval Africa. Humans originate in central Africa. The false image of Africa as dark, backward. Ancient African civilizations are characterized by achievement, stability, wealth, and power. The Kush in Sudan (700 BC-300 AD). Ghana (300-700 AD). The Empire of Mali (1200-1400s AD). Tribal Sub-Sahara Africa The Impact of European contact. The Europeans promote the view that they are advanced; the Africans are backward. How this plays out as a pattern in gender status, attitudes toward children, the nature of the family, the character of language, the structure of music, the senses appealed to by art, the fabric of daily life, the nature and value of work, attitudes toward the marketplace, and religious precepts and practices. Destabilization The Slave Trade.