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
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Louisa Bolus
South African botanist
David Dukas
Actor
Peter Klatzow
South African composer
Abu Bakr Effendi
Qadi
Zainunnisa Gool
Abdullah Abdurahman's daughter
Noel Kirsten
South African cricketer
Jack Simons
South African Politician
Hannes Fagan
Judge
Carolina Ödman
Swiss physicist
Herbert Annesley Packer
British admiral
Frank Bolus
Botanist
Abdullah Abdurahman
South African Politician
Antoni Keller
Polish footballer
Herbert Penny
Auctioneer
Carolina Ödman-Govender
Swiss physicist
Abraham Faure
Author
Sir David Graaff, 1st Baronet
South African magnate and politician
Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet
South African businessman ‧ De Villiers Graaff's son
Thomas Maclear
South African astronomer
Gideon Oliphant-Murray, 2nd Viscount Elibank
Politician
Carruthers Beattie
Professor of mathematics
Barthélemy Boganda
Former President of the Council of Government of the Central African Republic
Alexander Rastorguev
Russian film director
Didier Ouenangare
Film director
Joe Modise
Former Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of South Africa
Johannes Viljoen
South African olympic athlete
Brown Dash
Musical artist
Washington Sixolo
South African film actor
Deborah Fraser
South African vocalist
Rocky Malebane-Metsing
South African Politician
Francis Guthrie
South African mathematician
Nellie Shabalala
Singer ‧ Joseph Shabalala's wife
Pierre Basson
Winifred Brunton
South African painter
Pam Golding
South African real estate developer
Simon van der Stel
Former Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony
James Calata
South African Politician
William Shalders
Cricketer
William H. Andrews
American molecular biologist
Christiaan de Wet
General
Stompie Seipei
Jabu Khanyile
South African musician
Patrick Shai
South African actor
Raymond de Montmorency
British military veteran
Nyembezi Kunene
South African actor
Maki Skosana
Thembinkosi Mbamba
South African footballer
