Follow scholar, author, historian, and lecturer, Dr. Runoko Rashidi as he journeys around the globe uncovering the African Presence in Europe, Asia, North & South America, in addition to clarifying misconceptions about Africa, its history and peoples.
Dr. Runoko Rashidi presents, revealing stories, characters and historical truths often hidden in plain sight, sharing fascinating and intriguing tales in some of the world’s most recognizable places as well as off the beaten path.
Each episode of the series presents a different interpretation of much of the history we think we already know as seen through the eyes of globe-trotting Rashidi. This real-life Indiana Jones has dedicated his life to unearthing the Global African Presence from Egypt to Timbuktu, from Ghana to Brazil, from Morocco to Madrid, from London and Paris to Washington, DC. and all stops in between; interpreting for the viewer the meaning of this hidden treasure of knowledge, and in the process, just maybe changing minds by changing perceptions.
Travels with Runoko embarks on journeys of discovery from his stateside studio to far flung locations around the globe. We see characters from the past come to life through reenactments. We see stories of heroism and betrayal, of love and loss, of legend and myth; we see that what you think you know about Western Civilization turned on its head.
We examine artifacts, ruins, visit museums and galleries and see what the world was like at the time when the objects were created or the edifices constructed. We see history come alive. We see how African influences show up in Art, Architecture, Music, Literature, Language and all manner of cultural influences big and small, on a global scale.
DR. RUNOKO RASHIDI - 120 Countries and Counting
EGYPT 2008
EGYPT 2008
EGYPT 2008
Filming throughout Egypt with the TMGI team.
CUBA 2018
EGYPT 2008
EGYPT 2008
At The Monument To Rebel Enslaved Africans In Matanzas, Cuba In July 2018.
POMPEII
EGYPT 2008
CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY 2004
Runoko Rashidi At The Ruins Of Pompeii, Italy On His 60th Birthday
CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY 2004
CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY 2004
CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY 2004
IN CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY IN 2004
MOROCCO 2018
CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY 2004
AUSTRALIA 2005
With Berber women in Southern Morocco in January 2018.
AUSTRALIA 2005
CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY 2004
AUSTRALIA 2005
AT ULURU IN THE CENTER OF AUSTRALIA IN 2005..
NORWAY 2015
MACHU PICHU, PERU 2013
NORWAY 2015
Before A Lecture In Oslo, Norway In 2015
LONDON 2018
MACHU PICHU, PERU 2013
NORWAY 2015
Runoko Rashidi Leading A Group Tour Through The British Museum In October 2018
MACHU PICHU, PERU 2013
MACHU PICHU, PERU 2013
MACHU PICHU, PERU 2013
With A Sister From Colombia At Machu Pichu, Peru In 2013.
EL CARMEN, PERU 2014
EL CARMEN, PERU 2014
MACHU PICHU, PERU 2013
With A Sister El Carmen, Peru In 2014
HAITI 2010
EL CARMEN, PERU 2014
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
With The Maroons Of Haiti In 2010. The Maroons Were The Enslaved Africans That Ran Away And Established Their Own Communities
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
EL CARMEN, PERU 2014
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Taking A Photo With The Airport Security On Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
Dr. Runoko Rashidi
Partial Bio
Runoko Rashidi is an anthropologist and historian with a major focus on what he calls the Global African Presence–that is, Africans outside of Africa before and after enslavement. He is the author or editor of eighteen books.
As a traveler and researcher Dr. Rashidi has visited 120 countries. As a lecturer and presenter, he has spoken in sixty-five countries.
Runoko has worked with and under some of the most distinguished scholars of our generation, including Ivan Van Sertima, John Henrik Clarke, Asa G. Hilliard, Edward Scobie, John G. Jackson, Jan Carew and Yosef ben-Jochannan.
In 2005 Rashidi was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree by the Amen-Ra Theological Seminary in Los Angeles.
He is currently pursuing a major work on the African presence in the museums of the world.
As a tour leader he has taken groups to India, Australia, Fiji, Turkey, Jordan, Brazil, Egypt, Ghana, Togo, Benin, France, Belgium, England, Cote d’Ivoire, Namibia, Ethiopia, Mexico, Luxembourg, Germany, Cameroon, the Netherlands, Spain, Morocco, Senegal, the Gambia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.
Runoko Rashidi’s major mission in life is the uplift of African people, those at home and those abroad. He is the official Traveling Ambassador for Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
His museum visits are too numerous to mention but include the British Museum in London, the Musee du Louvre in Paris, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Neues Museum in Berlin, the Museo Egyzio in Turin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.