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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Norman Farquharson
Tennis player
Bill Freund
American academic
Billy Butler
American jazz guitarist
Gawie Visagie
Rugby union player
Douglas Livingstone
Actor
James Henry Bowker
South African naturalist and archaeologist
Robert Smith-Barry
Aircraft pilot
Henry Groves
English cricketer
Wilfried Dietrich
German wrestler
James Frederic Elton
Explorer
Epainette Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki's mother
Sandy Bell
South African cricketer
Geoff Chubb
South African cricketer
Clements Kadalie
Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
South African author
Epainette Nomaka Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki's mother
Wrex Tarr
Gordon Mulholland
British actor
Clement Martyn Doke
South African linguist
Noni Jabavu
South African writer
Bobby Braithwaite
Footballer
Qaqambile Matanzima
Politician
Sicelo Shiceka
Former Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs of South Africa
Tholie Madala
Judge
Moray McLaren
Writer
H. Selby Msimang
South African Politician
Cetshwayo kaMpande
King
Cetshwayoka Mpande
King of Zulu Kingdom
Bob Shand
South African rugby union player
Trevor Goddard
English actor
Harry Scobell
Military personnel
Charles Yohane
Zimbabwean footballer
Andries Tatane
David W. Brokensha
South African anthropologist
Robbie Malinga
Musical artist
Cameron Mackenzie
Former Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Sally Bulloch
Actress
George Daneel
Rugby union player
Carla Swart
South African cyclist
F W de Klerk
Former State President of South Africa
Thomas Mogotlane
Actor
Herman Charles Bosman
Short story writer
Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester
Johannes Geldenhuys
South African military commander
Kevin Ash
British journalist
Sir Alexander Bannerman, 11th Baronet
British engineer
Frederick Selous
British explorer
