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 9
Oscar Ntwagae
Soccer player
Cecil McMaster
South African athlete
Marlene Lehnberg
Raymond Mhlaba
Former Premier of the Eastern Cape
Len Killeen
South African rugby union player
Tip Snooke
Cricketer
Dave Nourse
Cricketer
Govan Mbeki
Former Deputy President of Senate of South Africa
Claude Floquet
Cricket player
Nomhle Nkonyeni
Actress
James Langley Dalton
Soldier
Pierre Jacques Smit
Reverend
Andrew Maclean Pollock
Scottish-South African cricketer
Charlotte Ferguson-Davie
British physician
Hurdis Ravenshaw
British military personnel
Deon Stewardson
South African actor
Zwelakhe Sisulu
South African journalist
Dudu Mntowaziwayo Ndlovu
Musical artist
Philip J. Nel
South African rugby union player
Rashied Staggie
Amy Biehl
American activist
Ezra Ngcukana
Saxophonist
Anni Dewani
Engineer
John Philip
Missionary
Okot Odhiambo
A. G. Visser
Poet
George William Stow
South African geologist
Trevor Blokdyk
South African motorcycle racer
Alba Bouwer
South African journalist
Marius Barnard
South African surgeon
Uys Krige
South African writer
Kieran Schultz
Actor ‧ Waldemar Schultz's son
Cyril Harris
Rabbi
Athol Rowan
South African cricketer
Tufty Mann
South African cricketer
Frank Dutton
Monica Wilson
Nelson Mandela
Former President of South Africa
Paul Bayvel
South African rugby union player
Denis Goldberg
Neil Adcock
South African cricketer
Renée Schuurman
South African tennis player
Charles 'Pop' Fraser
George Morris Sutton
Former Prime Minister of Natal of Colony of Natal
Xen Balaskas
South African cricketer
Herby Wade
South African cricketer
Bertha Mkhize
South African teacher
