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 137
Tebello Sukwene
Singer
Washington Sixolo
South African film actor
Gerrie Labuschagné
Rugby union player
Jaco Kriel
Rugby union player
Constand Viljoen
South African commander
Rooi Mahamutsa
Football defender
Zeno Petersen
Cinematographer
Donovan Grobbelaar
New Zealand cricketer
Clinton Swart
South African rugby union player
Mfundo Ndhlovu
J. C. Ritchie
South African professional golfer
Arnold S de Beer
South African journalist
Cindy Mahlangu
Actress
Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff
Former Chief Justice of South Africa
Sibusiso Hadebe
South African football player
Stoffel Botha
Former Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa
Max Krook
Physicist
Irene Spry
Historian
Winnie Mashaba
South African gospel singer
Willie le Roux
South African rugby player
JP Pietersen
South African rugby union player
Cwengile Jadezweni
Johann Rupert
South African businessman
Valiant Swart
South African musician
Charl Langeveldt
South African cricketer
Roger Telemachus
South African cricketer
Daniel Hugo
Announcer
Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn
Former British Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Heinz Winckler
South African singer
Josias Philip Hoffman
South African statesman
Wilhelm Verwoerd
South African philosopher
Gian Groen
Singer
Jaco Venter
South African cyclist
Henry Davids
South African cricketer
Omar Henry
American boxer
Herschel Jantjies
Cristina Boshoff
South African singer
Lee Langeveldt
South African footballer
Ilse Hayes
Gerald Clark
Musical artist
Jean Hugo
South African professional golfer
Justin Swart
Cobus Visagie
South African rugby union player
Michiel Heyns
South African author
Paul de Wet
Rugby union player
Ryan Oosthuizen
Rugby union player
Justin Reid-Ross
South African field hockey player