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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Billy Nair
South African Politician
John Langalibalele Dube
South African essayist
Busi Mhlongo
Singer
Sipho Gumede
South African musical artist
Henry Cele
South African actor
Stella Sigcau
Former Prime Minister of Transkei
Magogo kaDinuzulu
Mangosuthu Buthelezi's mother
Elizabeth Klarer
Syd Kitchen
South African guitarist
Thomas Baines
English artist
Roland Mqwebu
South African actor
John Didcott
South African lawyer
Alfred D. Nokwe
Actor
Robert Vaughan Gorle
British farmer
JJ Ferris
Cricketer
Dudley Nourse
South African cricketer
Kit Napier
Scottish footballer
Denis Hurley
Irish rugby union player
Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
South African writer
Cyril Vincent
South African cricketer
William Wynn Westcott
Coroner
Mazisi Kunene
South African poet
Eve Boswell
Singer
Barrie Meyer
English footballer
Florence Perry
Opera singer
Gary Hocking
Motorcycle racer
Mathew Tomson
Shaun Tomson's son
Reggie Walker
American football linebacker
Atholl McKinnon
South African cricketer
Jim Christy
South African cricketer
Denis Tomlinson
Cricketer
Sivert Samuelson
South African cricketer
Cosmas Desmond
Priest
Eric Dalton
South African cricketer
Maurice Letchford
Canadian wrestler
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
South African jurist
Goodwill Zwelithinika Bhekuzulu
King of the Zulu nation
Henry Francis Fynn
Traveler
Sid Atkinson
South African olympic athlete
Geoff Griffin
Cricketer
Abel Gabuza
Mad Mike Hoare
British mercenary
Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi
Former Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of Government of South Africa
Douglas Reed
Journalist
Jenny Maakal
South African freestyle swimmer
Cromwell Everson
Composer
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
King of the Zulu nation