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 born in Africa (First 49 people) - Page 13
J.M. Coetzee
South African-Australian novelist
Damian de Allende
South African rugby union player
Eben Etzebeth
South African rugby union player
Jesse Kriel
South African rugby union player
Reeva Steenkamp
Jean Grae
American rapper
Tanya van Graan
South African actress
Charlbi Dean Kriek
South African actress
Alex McGregor
South African actress
David O. Sacks
Entrepreneur
Diana E. H. Russell
Writer
Geneviève Waïte
South African actress
Margaret Gardiner
South African journalist
Chris Riddell
Illustrator
Roger Jowell
British sociologist
Cecil Kellaway
South African character actor
Kelly Hoppen
South African-British interior designer
Francois Louw
South African rugby union player
Egon Ryan Seconds
South African rugby union player
Marius van der Westhuizen
South African referee
Evadne Baker
South African actress
Jonathan Trott
Cricketer
Nizaam Carr
Rugby union flanker
Sameehg Doutie
South African footballer
Marlene Dumas
South African artist
Alexander Stewart Herschel
British astronomer
Wayde van Niekerk
Athlete
Dee McLachlan
Film director
Gray Hofmeyr
South African film director
Eddie Kramer
Record producer
Michael Oblowitz
Filmmaker
Justin Gabriel
South African-American professional wrestler
Oliver Schmitz
South African film director
Liesl Tommy
American stage director
David Lan
Playwright
Doreen Mantle
South African-British actress
Cherry Adair
American fiction writer
Henry Cornelius
South African film director
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist
Bill Kerr
Actor
P. K. van der Byl
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Rhodesia
Jody Abrahams
Actor
Leon Visser
Film editor
Stephen Gray
Astronomer
Pauline Malefane
Actress
Silvino Francisco
South African snooker player
Greg Clingham
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