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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Nick Boraine
South African actor
Nkuli Sibeko
South African actress
Justine Shapiro
American-South African actress
Lewis Wolpert
South African-British developmental biologist
Norman E. Rosenthal
South African author
Don Edkins
Filmmaker
Kika Mirylees
South African-British actress
Emile Sherman
Managing Director of See-Saw Films
Khomotso Manyaka
Actress
Moses Kotane
South African Politician
Rod Jones
Former American football player
Alan Robertson
Soccer player
Marguerite Wheatley
Actress
Henry Markram
South African neuroscientist
Christopher Nupen
South African filmmaker
Zoleka Mandela
South African writer
Jenny Koralek
Author
Joseph J. Sandler
British psychoanalyst
Ryan Coetzee
South African Politician
Mathew Stewardson
Actor
Nicky Oppenheimer
South African businessman
Nthato Motlana
South African businessman
Irene Charnley
Businesswoman
Jani Allan
Journalist
Adrian Gore
Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Limited
Jonathan Oppenheimer
South African businessman
Bridgette Radebe
South African businesswoman
Le Clanché du Rand
Actress
Gerhard Steyn
South African singer
Peter Temple
Australian fiction writer
Eva Jane Willis
Actor
Rob Davies
Former Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa
Alan Aderem
Biologist
Kippie Moeketsi
South African jazz musician
Anton Enus
Australian news presenter
Loreth Anne White
Author
Garth Saloner
Economist
Collette Dinnigan
Fashion designer
Melissa van der Schyff
Actress
Brigitte Pakendorf
Researcher
Piet Grobler
Illustrator
Yolande Turner
Actress
Dudu Myeni
Moeletsi Mbeki
Political economist
Lebo Mathosa
South African singer
Dudu Mntowaziwayo Ndlovu
Musical artist
Nicole Fortuin
South African actress
