Africa
Whenever documentary filmmakers at Discovery Channel and the BBC unite for a project, stellar television seems to follow. The breakthrough natural history series "Life" stemmed from this collaboration in 2009, and "Africa" follows suit in stunning fashion. It's narrated by actor Forest Whitaker, who takes viewers on a journey through the vast and diverse continent. Four years in the making, during which more than 2,000 hours of video were shot, the program consists of six hourlong episodes that feature an array of never-before-filmed species, animal behaviors and previously unknown places. Cameras uncover the extreme dangers of the Kalahari, the dense forests and snow-capped peaks of the Savannah, the dynamic Congo rainforest, the ever-changing climate of the Cape and the massive and parched Sahara. A seventh episode, hosted by British naturalist David Attenborough, details changes Africa is undergoing and the challenges faced by a future generation of animals. … MORE
People died in Africa (First 49 people) - Page 5
Gordon Sprigg
British politician
Aaron Mushimba
Namibian businessperson
Percy Twentyman-Jones
South African jurist
Hugo Biermann
Senior officer
Glen Syndercombe
Naval officer
Jaap Weideman
South African officer
Anton Murray
South African cricketer
Robert Dower
South African cricketer
C. G. Finch-Davies
British ornithologist
Sandile Dikeni
South African poet
Emil Bieber
German photographer
John Maxwell
British commander
Henry Monck-Mason Moore
Former Governors of British Ceylon
Jean-Christophe Matata
Singer-songwriter
Johnny Byrne
English footballer
Wilbur Smith
British-South African novelist
Edward A. Lefebre
Saxophonist
Hilda Bernstein
British author
Thomas Shardelow
South African cyclist
Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Author
Louis Pienaar
Former Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa
Izak Buys
South African cricketer
Andrew Geddes Bain
Geologist
Maggie Moffat
British actor
Sol Kerzner
South African accountant
Stanley Pinker
Painter
Robert Kirby
American writer
Sholem Schwarzbard
Poet
Harold Wolpe
Francis Brett Young
English novelist
Martha Jacob
Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss
South African Politician
Doug Hopwood
Rugby union player
John Wylde
Justice
Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Author
Cecil Higgs
South African artist
Floyd McClung
Author
Charles Theodore Te Water
South African Politician
Owen McCann
Christoffel Brand
Former Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
Chester Williams
South African rugby union player
Bonnor Middleton
South African cricketer
Frederick Hutton
Biological scientist
Gabriel de Jongh
Dutch-South African painter
Eben Dönges
Eleanor Kasrils
Scottish-South African activist
Ian Douglas Smith
Former Prime Minister of Rhodesia
