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 138
Louis Pienaar
Former Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa
Dorette Potgieter
Actress
Eddie Fredericks
South African rugby union player
Muller Uys
Dieter Eiselen
American football player
Leletu Skelem
Soccer player
Dusty Noble
Rugby union flanker
Luke Le Roux
South African soccer player
Johan Herbst
South African rugby union player
Ashley Du Preez
Soccer player
Tjol Lategan
Rugby union player
JP Lewis
Rugby union player
Abraham Faure
Author
Mapetla Mohapi
Bambanani Mbane
South African soccer player
Pemmy Castelina Pamela Majodina
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Louis Miles Muggleton
British physicist
Hermann Giliomee
Author
Paul Kruger
Former State President of the South African Republic
Felix du Plessis
Rugby union player
Pierre Van Pletzen
Actor
Goodman Mosele
South African soccer player
Damian Willemse
South African rugby union player
Earl Rose
Rugby union player
Rahima Moosa
Uzair Cassiem
South African rugby union player
Christiaan Basson
South African professional golfer
JP Duminy
South African cricketer
Christiaan Scholtz
Dambisa Kente
Actor
Adriaan Vlok
South African Politician
N. P. van Wyk Louw
Poet
Nanette Van Rooyen
Writer
Wilfrid Napier
Maggie Laubser
South African painter
Paul Treu
Former rugby union player
Freda Linde
South African writer
Francis William Reitz
Former State Secretary of the South African Republic
Jimmy Sinclair
South African cricketer
Pieter Rossouw
South African rugby player
Anna Rothmann
Writer
Adré Smith
Rugby union player
Cohen Jasper
Rugby union player
Maria Elizabeth Rothmann
Writer
Dirkie Uys
Lizo Gqoboka
South African rugby union player
Steve Biko
South African activist
