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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Innocent Maela
South African soccer player
Diane Victor
South African artist
Hanco Venter
South African rugby union player
Dumisa Ngobe
South African soccer player
Shaun Venter
South African rugby union player
Kruger van Wyk
Cricketer
Abraham Erasmus van Wyk
South African botanist
Zach de Beer
South African Politician
Albert Fritz
Former Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety
Dianne Case
Author
Owen McCann
Tamaryn Green
South African model
Heini Adams
Rugby union player
D. T. H. van der Merwe
South African-Canadian rugby union player
Diana Ferrus
South African writer
Fairy Heatlie
Wenda Nel
South African olympic athlete
Stefan de Bod
South African cyclist
Thembile Skweyiya
South African judge ‧ Zola Skweyiya's brother
Cornel Fredericks
South African track and field athlete
Kobus Marais
South African Politician
Marco Marais
South African cricketer
Dumile Feni
South African visual artist
Stephan Coetzee
South African rugby union player
C. Louis Leipoldt
South African poet
Conrad Hoffmann
South African rugby player
Pieter Hugo Naudé
South African painter
Shaun Veldsman
Gianni Lombard
Rugby union player
Ricky Schroeder
South African rugby union player
Gideon Roos
South African actor
Leolin Zas
South African rugby union player
Lambert Groenewald
South African rugby union player
Claude Henderson
South African former cricketer
Tobie Botes
South African rugby union player
John-Roy Jenkinson
South African rugby union player
Chriswill September
Rugby union player
Hugo Kloppers
South African rugby union player
Eric Abraham
South African-British film producer
Rob Louw
South African rugby player
Kirsten Pearce
New Zealand olympic athlete
Michael Gelfand
Medical practitioner
Reg Osborne
Footballer
Paul Sauer
South African Politician
Cornell Hess
South African rugby union player
Donald Barkly Molteno
South African lawyer
Frank Osborne
Footballer
